Part 111, page 180
DB Cooper-50535Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3011
Document date 1 May 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 180 (DB Cooper-50535), Memo, dated 1 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3011 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/180
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 5/1/72
SA JOHN S. DETLOR
NORJAK
Re "Seattle Flag" 5/10/72.
A review of the article concerning D.B. COOPER appearing in the May 10 issue of the "Seattle Flag" reveals the following discrepancies between the article and the actual hijacking:
1. In the article, the interviewee states he sat in seat 15 D, whereas the hijacker actually sat in seat 18 E.
2. The interviewee in the article states that he landed over 100 miles away from Southwest Washington. This would be in conflict with the indications of the test flight run by Northwest Airlines.
3. The interviewee states that he knew that with down flaps the stalling speed of the 727 was 109 miles per hour. This information would not appear to be known at Northwest Airlines, as there was some question at their office the night of the hijacking as to whether or not the plane could fly with 15 degree flaps.
4. In the article, the interviewee states one of the reasons he selected a 727 was because the lavatories in the rear were a handy place to hold a stewardess hostage, wich turned out to be right. In another place the interviewee states he held stewardess hostage part of the time behind the rear galley curtain and part of the time in the toilet. This is not true, inasmuch as the hi- jacker did not hold the stewardess hostage in either of these locations.
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Sub. 406 164-81-3011 SEARCHED...INDEXED... SERIALIZED...FILED... MAY 1 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-50535