Part 11, page 431
DB Cooper-2251Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81-309
Document date 26 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 431 (DB Cooper-2251), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-309 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/431
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 11/26/71
Transmit the following in ___PLAINTEXT___ (Type in plaintext or code)
Via ___TELETYPE___ ___URGENT___ (Priority)
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
SAC, DENVER
FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE. PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO THE DIRECTOR, INSTANT.
FOR INFORMATION DENVER UNSUB HIJACKED CAPTIONED FLIGHT AT PORTLAND. LANDED AT SEATTLE WHERE OFFLOADED ALL PASSENGERS EXCEPT FOUR CREW MEMBERS. RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH AND FOUR PARACHUTES AT THIS POINT. PLANE THEN LEFT SEATTLE. AFTER AIRBORNE REAR DOOR OPENED AT SUBJECT'S REQUEST AND PLANE FLEW AT TWO HUNDRED KNOTS AT TEN THOUSAND FEET WITH FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. UPON LANDING IN RENO, NEVADA, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE LAST, UNSUB, MONEY, AND ONE PARACHUTE GONE.
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(1) - Seattle (AM) 1 - Las Vegas
JEH:jhp (2)
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164-81-309 SEARCHED ......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 3 0 1971
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Approved: ________________ Sent _________ M Per ________ DB Cooper-2251 Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135