Part 11, page 135
DB Cooper-2038Serials SE 164-81-213
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 135 (DB Cooper-2038), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-213 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/135
Transcript
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FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date November 29, 1971
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On November 24, 1971 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Washington, telephone [REDACTED] was interviewed in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Seattle, Washington. He stated he is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Seattle, Washington, telephone [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 305 at Portland, Oregon on November 24, 1971 at approximately 2:45 p.m. [REDACTED] passenger to board the aircraft. He believed he had seat [REDACTED] which was an aisle seat on the port (left) side of the aircraft in the rear.
He stated that he did not realize that this air- craft was being hijacked until it landed at the Seattle- Tacoma Airport, Seattle, at approximately 5:50 p.m., to the best of his recollection. He recalled that when the aircraft first approached Seattle the pilot announced that there would be a delay in landing due to some mechanical difficulty and that he would have to circle the field to burn up the fuel. This would take about half an hour. However, the aircraft circled for a much longer period and while [REDACTED] felt that something was amiss, he did not consider that the aircraft was being hijacked.
During the flight he had noticed a man seated in a window seat on the starboard (right) side of the aircraft to [REDACTED] rear. A brown haired stewardess, name unknown, was seated by this man all the time. The stewardess had the aisle seat. [REDACTED] thought this was strange. The stewardess said not to look at the man, but [REDACTED] said he managed to turn back and look at the man twice, who stayed slouched down in his seat. He never saw the man stand and never heard him speak. He did not see that the man had any packages with him. The name of this stewardess is unknown to him.
At about ten minutes before the announcement was
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On 11/24/71 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81 -213
by SA [REDACTED] :kdl Date dictated 11/26/71 [REDACTED]
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