Part 110, page 64
DB Cooper-354Serials LV 164-60
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 30 November 1971
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LV 164-60
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[REDACTED] stated that as soon as they verified the intentions of the hijacker, they immediately contacted the company via their radio connections concerning the situation but they did not alert the passengers nor did they press the emergency transponder code button signaling a hijacking to the control towers due to the hijacker's insistence of "no funny stuff".
They subsequently radioed the Seattle approach control tower and requested holding instructions in order they could remain airborne for the approximate 1½ hours which was estimated to be required in order that all of the items requested by the hijacker could be obtained.
[REDACTED] noted that all of the demands of the hijacker were forwarded to the cockpit through hostess [REDACTED] and at no time did he have occasion to personally observe or have any direct contact with him.
Inasmuch as Seattle was the destination and actual termination point for that flight, an announcement from the cockpit was made to the passengers that they were burning off excess fuel which helped put the other passengers at ease. In addition, the hostesses were instructed not to serve any additional drinks to any of the passengers.
It was further established that hostess [REDACTED] was to act as intermediary between the hijacker and the individuals meeting the plane to supply his demands. The [REDACTED] for Northwest Airlines and one other individual were to be in the first vehicle with the money, the second vehicle was to carry the stairs so that the hostess could exit from the front of the plane with only one driver designated for that vehicle with a third vehicle being a fuel truck con- taining a driver only which was to remain in a 10 or 11 o'clock position from the plane in order that all would be in full view of the hijacker at all times.
After the plane had landed and the initial delivery made of the money and parachutes, the hijacker then forwarded through hostess [REDACTED] the following instructions which he also listed: (1) They were going to Mexico City non-stop
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DB Cooper-354
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