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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 p. 319 (DB Cooper-1546), Teletype, dated 25 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-10/pages/319
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SE 164-NEW
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSEVEN PASSENGERS;
THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES.
PILOT AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS WERE
POSITIVE IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED NO ONE ELSE TO
GO NEAR THE PLANE WHICH WAS PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE
FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING OPERATION
AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY [REDACTED]
NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYSIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO
STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL. THE PLANE
WAS REFUELED TO FULL CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
PILOT THAT THE PLANE WAS TO FLY WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, REAR
HATCH DOOR OPEN AND THE FLAPS AT A FIFTEEN DEGREE ANGLE. IT IS
NOTED THAT INSTANT PLANE IS A BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN WHICH HAS A
LOWER REAR DOOR UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE
THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROX-
INATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL
TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO.