Part 10, page 446

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that their seatbelts were fastened. She then sat in the Stewardess seat located in the rear of the plane behind the hijacker's seat.

[REDACTED] said that after she had been seated for about 30-seconds, and as the plane started taxiing toward the runway. The hijacker turned around and handed her an envelope. She said that at first she thought he was making a pass at her and did not open it immediately. She said the man turned around and looked at her several times, and she felt that he was indicating that he wanted her to open the envelope immediately.

[REDACTED] said that she opened the envelope while the plane was still taxiing toward the runway. She said that the note inside the envelope was written in black felt-tip type pen and read as follows:

"MISS -

I have a bomb here and I would like you

to sit by me."

[REDACTED] said that "MISS" was printed, but the remainder of the note was written in neat legible hand- writing. She said that the envelope was a plain, white letter-type envelope with no writing on the outside. She said the note was written on plain white unlined paper.

[REDACTED] said that she read the note twice, and then looked up at the man. She said he was looking directly at her, and she asked if he was kidding. She said that the man replied, "No, Miss, this is for real," in a serious but calm voice.

[REDACTED] said that another Stewardess, [REDACTED] came to the rear of the plane at this time. [REDACTED] said that she stood up and handed the note to [REDACTED] as she moved up and sat in the aisle seat beside the hijacker. She said that [REDACTED] read the note and went to the phone in the rear of the plane.

[REDACTED] said that after sitting beside the man,

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