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EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND
UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX
INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH FELT TYPE PEN AND
HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM
HIJACKER, ON STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON
LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES,
INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS.
DENOMINATIONS UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS
"BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS [REDACTED] SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING
ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED
STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS HE REQUESTED MUST BE
PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.
THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE
HAD WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT
ELECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB. IN RESPONSE
TO RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED
COMPLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE
HIJACKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING
PRIOR TO LANDING AT SEATTLE.