Document date 12 February 1980AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 p. 198, Teletype, dated 12 Feb 1980, serial SD 164-91-167 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-09/pages/198
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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THE [guess: NAME] DA[guess: N] COOPER BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 3[guess: 0]5 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
[guess: UPON] DEPARTING PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COOPER NOTIFIED
A STEWARDESS THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE AIRCRAFT AND DISPLAYED
TO HER WHAT HE SAID WAS A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE. THE FLIGHT
P[guess: ROC]EEDED TO SEATTLE, WHERE AFTER MAINTAINING A HOLDING PATTERN
FO[guess: R] SEVERAL HOURS, IT WAS PERMITTED TO LAND AND REFUEL. AFTER
$[guess: 2]00,000 A[guess: N]D FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT
O[guess: N] BOARD, HE RELEASED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS AND ALL BUT FOUR
[guess: M]EMBERS OF THE CREW. THE FLIGHT THEN TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED SOUTH
T[guess: HR]OUGH WASHINGTON TOWARD RENO, NEVADA. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED
THAT THE FLAPS AND GEAR REMAIN LOWERED AND THE REAR STAIR DOOR
OPE[guess: N]. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER LACENTER, WASHINGTON, CABIN
PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED
TO I[guess: N]DICATE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE REAR
STAIRWELL DOOR. SINCE THAT TIME NO TRACE OF THE HIJACKER, THE
PARACHUTES, OR THE MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND UNTIL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
1[guess: 3], 19[guess: 8]0.
O[guess: N] THAT DATE WHILE ON AN OUTING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, MR. [continues on next page]