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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 11/30/71

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[REDACTED] residence [REDACTED] was interviewed at the Reno Airport, Reno, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971, and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. She identified herself as a hostess on Northwest Airlines Flight 305.

Shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route to Seattle, Washington, in the afternoon hours of November 24, 1971, a male passenger on the flight, who was seated in 18-E, gave a note to Hostess [REDACTED] showed the note to Hostess [REDACTED] who was also in the rear passenger compartment. The note indicated that the male individual was hijacking the plane and wanted the hostess to sit beside him. The note further indicated that he had a bomb and wanted $200,000.00. [REDACTED] stated she went back to the male passenger seated in 18-E with the note, at which time he indicated that he was hijacking the plane and was not kidding. He added that he wanted "no funny stuff". He had a black attache-type case in his lap, which case was partially open and he had his hand inside same. At this time [REDACTED] sat down alongside the individual in seat 18-D and after lighting a cigarette for the passenger, she told him that they would cooperate. Her best recollection is that it was while he told her he wanted no kidding and no funny stuff that he first partially opened the attache case and permitted her to see the contents. She recalls the contents as approximately eight cylindrical objects about six to eight inches long with four of the items being placed on top of the others and banded together with some kind of tape. She also recalled some covered and uncovered wiring running from the cylindrical objects to a dry cell type battery which had terminals on one end. She could not recall whether the wires were connected to the terminals. The battery was described as approximately eight inches long and about two and one-half inches in diameter. She stated that she had the impression upon observing the contents of the attache case that it was

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64-81-1036 SEARCHED _______ INDEXED _______ SERIALIZED /VM FILED DEC 18 1971 FBI — SEATTLE

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11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60 BA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR. SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. (HEC:tlw) Date dictated 11/26/71 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB Cooper-4074