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DB Cooper-346Serials PH 164-133

Document date 3 December 1971

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PH 164-133

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we may not be able to take off after we've landed.". The pilot landed the aircraft and parked it away from the terminal. She and the pilot entered the cabin and he called to the hijacker a number of times to cooperate and asked for instructions. When they received no answer, they went behind the curtain. She went to the gally, did not see the man, and simultaneously flipped on all of the cabin lights and there was no one there. The captain and her ran to the rear of the ship and they looked for the bomb. She looked in the aft lavatory and checked the oxygen bussels, then began crawling up the isle looking under seats for the bomb. While she was doing this, the first officer was coming down the isle from the cockpit on his knees with a flashlight looking under the seats for the bomb. After a few minutes, the co-pilot told her to get off of the ship which she did. She walked two blue lights down the taxiway away from the aircraft. It was dark. She recalls that upon entering the aft section of the ship, she observed the one chute that had been cut open and another chute. One was on Row 17, the other on Row 18, both left side of ship.

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She said that about five minutes after she left the aircraft, three cars came to the nose of the plane.

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[REDACTED] described the hijacker as follows:

Sex Male Race White Age 44-46 Height 6' Weight 180-190 pounds Complexion Medium to dark Build Medium Hair Dark, flat, straight, sideburns narrow, mid ear Eyes Not observed Characteristics Wore sunglasses, dark plastic wrap-around frames.

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The man impressed her as being an executive by his dress, special mannerisms, and consideration that he exhibited for her while he was on the aircraft.

The only time she can recall any actual threat to her life was during the flight from Portland to Seattle he mentioned to her to impress upon everybody that the device he had he would use, that he would not be taken off of the plane. She could not detect an accent in his voice.

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52 DB Cooper-346

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b6 b7C

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FBI case file number PH 164-133, page 7 of a witness statement or interview report. A female crew member describes events after the aircraft landed. The pilot and she entered the cabin, found no one behind the curtain, and searched for the bomb. The co-pilot told her to leave the aircraft. She observed two parachute chutes, one cut open, on Rows 17 and 18. Three cars arrived at the nose of the aircraft about five minutes after she exited. Physical description of the hijacker provided by a witness whose name is redacted: white male, 44-46 years old, 6 feet tall, 180-190 pounds, medium to dark complexion, medium build, dark flat straight hair with narrow mid-ear sideburns, wore dark plastic wrap-around sunglasses. The witness described the hijacker as executive-like in dress and mannerisms, considerate toward her. The only direct threat she recalled was during the Portland to Seattle flight when he said his device would be used and he would not be taken off the plane. She detected no accent. Page number 52 and document reference DB Cooper-346. FBI exemption codes b6 and b7C stamped in the margin, indicating redactions for personal privacy and law enforcement purposes.

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