Part 11, page 345

DB Cooper-1820Serials MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-21

Document date 27 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 345 (DB Cooper-1820), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-21 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/345

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NR001 MP PLAIN 314 PM URGENT 11-27-71 TJT TO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) P

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE URTEL NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.

[REDACTED] ON CAPTIONED FLIGHT ADVISED THAT ALL LIGHTS EXCEPT NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS WERE OFF SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF OUT OF SEATTLE. AT NO TIME DID THEY FLASH THEIR LIGHTS ON AND OFF DURING THE HIJACKING. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT THEIR FLIGHT PATH WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN NAUTICAL MILES FROM AMBOY, WASHINGTON AND THE PLANE WAS AT TEN THOUSAND FEET INDICATED EIGHT THOUSAND ABOVE GROUND, FLYING IN CLOUDS. THE FLASHING RADIO BEACON AT KALAMA, WASHINGTON WAS NOT OBSERVED SINCE THEY WERE IN THE SOUP, ON INSTRUMENTS.

[REDACTED] ADVISED CONTACTING THE PILOTS OF THE CHASE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE THEIR ALTITUDES AND LOCATION AT THIS TIME.

[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT THE REASON THEY NEVER FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS ON AND OFF WAS THEY NEVER WERE SURE HE WASN'T STILL ON BOARD UNTIL TOUCHDOWN AT RENO.

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P. END JFK FBI SEATTLE CLR

[Handwritten:] This was given morning 6 11-[illegible]7 [Stamp:] 1CC - SEARCH- [Handwritten:] sub. l [Stamp:] DB Cooper-1820 [Stamp:] 164 - 81 - /21 [Stamp:] SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___ FILED___ NOV 2 7 1971

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Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Minneapolis to FBI Seattle, dated November 27, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject (UNSUB), Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971, classified as CAA hijacking and extortion, with Seattle as the office of origin. Report from crew of Flight 305 stating that all lights except navigational lights were off after takeoff from Seattle. They never flashed lights on and off during the hijacking. The flight path was approximately seven nautical miles from Amboy, Washington at ten thousand feet indicated (eight thousand above ground), flying in clouds on instruments. The flashing radio beacon at Kalama, Washington was not observed. The crew advised contacting chase aircraft pilots for their altitudes and location. The reason they never flashed their lights was they were never sure the hijacker wasn't still on board until landing at Reno. End of teletype with routing indicators, filing stamps, and handwritten annotations including DB Cooper case reference number and filing date of November 27, 1971. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal information) noted in the right margin, indicating redaction justifications.

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