TeletypeLas Vegas to Director, Portland and Seattle re arrival of hijacked NWA Flight 305 at Reno and crew interviews25 November 1971page 2 of 9
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Part 10, page 346

DB Cooper-1573Serials LV 164-60

Document date 25 November 1971

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LV 164-60 PAGE TWO

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IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LANDING THAT NO OBSERVATION OR CONTACT HAD IN SOME TIME AND HIJACKER WAS ALONE IN BACK OF PASSENGER SECTION WHEN LAST OBSERVED AT APPROX. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM. CREW CONSISTED OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS.

PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO APPROX. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS FROM TERMINAL. ENTIRE PERIMETER OF AIR STRIP PREVIOUSLY SURROUNDED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, (INCLUDING DOG TEAMS) AND FBI AND PLANE UNDER OBSERVATION FROM TOWER WITH BINOCULARS TO INSURE HIJACKER DID NOT DEPART PLANE DURING LANDING OR TAXIING PHASE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST OF CAPT. NO ENTRY WAS MADE TO AIRCRAFT UNTIL CREW DETERMINED WHETHER HIJACKER WAS STILL ABOARD. WHEN CAPT. ADVISED HIJACKER NOT ABOARD, FBI AGENTS BOARDED AIRCRAFT. CREW INDICATED THEY HAD MADE CURSORY SEARCH AND HAD FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES, HOWEVER AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH OF THE PLANE WAS MADE BY BUREAU AGENTS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND ANY POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. NO EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND AND ALL AREAS OCCUPIED BY THE HIJACKER WERE PROCESSED FOR FINGERPRINTS. END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-1573