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LV 164-60
PAGE SIX
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TO THE HIJACKER.
FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS, HIJACKER ALLOWED TWO
HOSTESSES TO DEPLANE, BUT INSTRUCTED THAT HOSTESS [REDACTED] REMAIN
ON BOARD SO SHE COULD OPERATE THE REAR DOOR FOR HIM WHILE IN
FLIGHT. PREVIOUSLY THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE REAR DOOR
WAS TO REMAIN OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN DURING TAKEOFF WHEN HE WAS
TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT MECHANICALLY POSSIBLE HE ACCEDED TO DOOR
BEING CLOSED AND STAIRS ELEVATED UNTIL PLANE AIRBORNE.
HIJACKER INDICATED PLANE WOULD NOT GO TO HAVANA, CUBA,
BUT WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY. HE ALSO INSISTED THAT PLANE BE
FLOWN WITH LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN AND ALL CABIN LIGHTS OUT.
ALSO INSTRUCTED THAT CREW SHOULD NOT FLY OVER TEN THOUSAND FEET
ALTITUDE AND SHOULD NOT LAND IN U.S. FOR ANY REASON. HOSTESS AND
CREW STATED HIJACKER OBVIOUSLY AQUAINTED WITH SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN
TYPE AIRCRAFT AND HAD GOOD BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLYING PRINCIPLES.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF AT SEVEN THIRTY SIX PM, PST,
HIJACKER INSTRUCTED HOSTESS TO SHOW HIM HOW TO OPEN REAR DOOR AND
DEPRESS STAIRS. HE THEN TOLD HOSTESS TO GO FORWARD TO THE FIRST