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SE 164-81
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They then conducted a quick search in the aft section of
the aircraft for the bomb, but found nothing. [REDACTED]
looked in the lavatories; checked the oxygen bussels and crawled
up the aisle looking under the seats. Nothing was found.
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[REDACTED] recalls that on landing at Reno,
she observed two parachutes. One had been cut open but
the other was intact. Both were on the left side of the
aircraft, one in row 17 and one in row 18. The parachute
that was opened was orange-pink in color.
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After take-off from Seattle, the hijacked plane was
switched to automatic pilot. From a point shortly south of
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport until its landing at
Reno, the hijacked plane was escorted by military aircraft.
Jet fighters from McChord Air Force Base took up the escort on
the plane's take-off but their speed was so fast, that they
could not adequately surveill the hijacked aircraft which was
flying at some 170 knots. In the vicinity of Redding,
California, the surveillance was taken over by an Air Force
C-130 which was better able to keep the hijacked airplane
in range.