Part 110, page 106

Document date 24 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 110 p. 106 (DB Cooper-398), Teletype, dated 24 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-110/pages/106

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11/25 OL 305 GG TO 15DEG AND BEGINNING OUR CLIMB MSP R KC0348CK

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7:48 PM, PST

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11/25OL MSP FLT OPS AS SOON AS REASONBLY SURE TH E MAN HAS LEFT THE QUICKER U CAN LAND 305 R [REDACTED] SAID HE APPARENTLY HAS THE KNAPSACK AROUND HIM AND THINKS HE WILL ATTEMPT A JUMP MSP FLT OPS R AFTR LVG THIS FREQ GO TO 131.8 WE HAVE DIRECT PHONE. PATCH THERE 305 R KC0354CK

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7:54 PM, PST

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11/25 OL MSP FLT OPS HAVE STEW DESCRIBE TO U THE BRIEF CASE CONTENTS UNDERSTAND RED DYNAMITE STICKS WIRE AND BATTERY 305 STEW IN BRF CASE LEFT CONRNER HAD 8 STICKES OF KXXX DYNAMITE ABT 6 INCHES LONG AND 1 INCH IN DIAMTR TWO ROWS OF THEM THEN A WIRE OUT OF THERE THEN A BATT LITE A FLASHLITE BATT ONLY AS STHIK AS MY ARM. AND 8 INCHES LONG MSP R KC0357CK

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7:57 PM, PST

11/25 OL MSP FLT OPS WHT IS ALTDE 305 NOW AT 15THSD INDCTD 160 FUEL FLOW 4000 15 DEG FLAP GEAR DOWN CQN WILL STAY AT IXX TEN THSD TIL HE HAS LEFT MSP FLT OPS R KC0401CK

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8:01 PM, PST KC0401CK

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11/25 OL MSP FLT OPNS NO TERRAIN XCEES 8THSD ON THAT RTE THEN HAVE TO GO TO TEN FIVE OR ELEVEN BTWN RED BLUFF AND RENO IF U HAVE TO GO THAT FAR 305 R KC0402CK

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DB Cooper-398

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b6 b7c

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Flight 305 reports going to 15 degrees and beginning climb. MSP acknowledges. Timestamp for preceding communication block. MSP Flight Ops instructs Flight 305 to land as soon as possible once the hijacker has left. 305 reports the man apparently has the knapsack around him and thinks he will attempt a jump. MSP instructs to switch to frequency 131.8 for direct phone patch. Timestamp for preceding communication block. MSP Flight Ops requests stewardess describe briefcase contents. Stewardess from 305 describes: left corner had 8 sticks of dynamite approximately 6 inches long and 1 inch in diameter in two rows, a wire coming out, then a battery — a flashlight battery as thick as her arm and 8 inches long. MSP asks for altitude. Flight 305 reports at 15,000 indicated, 160 fuel flow, 4000, 15 degree flap, gear down condition, will stay at 10,000 until the hijacker has left. Timestamp and communication check number for preceding block. MSP Flight Operations advises no terrain exceeds 8,000 feet on the route, then terrain rises to 10,500 or 11,000 between Red Bluff and Reno if flight goes that far. Flight 305 acknowledges. FBI case document reference stamp. Original page number from the source document. FBI exemption codes (b6 = personal privacy, b7c = law enforcement personal privacy) justifying the redaction on this page.

Scanned photocopy with some speckling and artifacts along edges
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