Part 11, page 286
DB Cooper-2223Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-296
Document date 29 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 286 (DB Cooper-2223), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-296 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/286
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FD-358 (Rev. 3-29-65)
FBI, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATE TELETYPE SYSTEM
SE 164-81
11/29/71
Transmit in _________ by teletype to: APB, STATE OF WASHINGTON (Type in "plaintext" or "code")
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HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES 727 JET, NOVEMBER 24, 1971 - FOLLOWUP.
JUST AS THE NORTHWEST PLANE WAS LEAVING PORTLAND AIRPORT THE HIJACKER INFORMED THE STEWARDESS THAT HE HAD A BOMB AND WANTED HER TO SIT WITH HIM. AFTER TAKING THE SEAT BESIDE THE HIJACKER HE OPENED A BLACK ATTACHE CASE HE HAD IN HIS LAP AND SHOWED HER WHAT HE CLAIMED WAS A BOMB. SHE LATER DESCRIBED THE CONTENTS OF THE ATTACHE CASE AS A BUNDLE OF RED STICKS WHICH SHE BELIEVED WAS DYNAMITE. THE BUNDLE CONSISTED OF SIX OR EIGHT REDDISH COLORED STICKS SIX OR EIGHT INCHES LONG WITH NO WRITING ON THE OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A SMALL WIRE LEADING FROM BUNDLE OF STICKS AND THE HIJACKER HELD IT IN HIS HAND AS IF TO INDICATE HE COULD DETONATE THE BOMB BY TOUCHING THE WIRE TO A CONTACT. THERE WAS ALSO A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED BATTERY IN THE BRIEFCASE ABOUT EIGHT INCHES LONG.
AT SEATTLE, IN ANSWER TO HIS DEMANDS THE HIJACKER WAS FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES AND $200,000.00 in $20.00 BILLS IN CANVASS BANK BAG. WHEN THE PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, SUBJECT WAS NOT ABOARD BUT THE EXACT SPOT OF HIS
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J.E. MILNES Special Agent in Charge FBI, Seattle
CEF/rse (1) Approved: _______ Sent 10/25/p M Per _______
164-81-296 DB Cooper-2223