Part 113, page 381

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[illegible] AT 0530, ALLEGED[LY,] THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE MEXICO CITY AND THE CAPTAIN INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE FUEL STOPS AT RENO AND YUMA. DUE TO THE LOWERED GEAR, FLAPS AND REAR DOOR, AIR SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 172 KNOTS. EN ROUTE, THE HIJACKER REMAINED ON THE FLIGHT DECK. THE HIJACKER PULLED THE CURTAIN SHUT BETWEEN FIRST AND COACH CLASSES, "MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CREW TO OBSERVE HIM FROM THE FLIGHT DECK." IT WAS [illegible] THAT THE CAPTAIN COULD SQUAWK CODE 7700 ON HIS [illegible] AND FLASH HIS LANDING LIGHTS FOR 30 SECONDS IF THE HIJACKER IS SIGHTED LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT. MILITARY ESCORT AIRCRAFT WERE PRO- TECTED AND LAST INSTRUCTED TO SQUAWK IF THEY OBSERVED A PARACHUTIST EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. [guess: BETWEEN] [guess: SEATTLE] AND PORTLAND, THE CREW COMMUNICATED WITH THE HIJACKER VIA THE [guess: P.A.] SYSTEM AND INTERPHONE. HOWEVER, THE HIJACKER DID NOT [illegible] [illegible], [illegible] [guess: NEAR] PORTLAND [guess: PORTLAND] A LIGHT ON THE [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] LIT, INDICATING THAT THE REAR EXIT STEPS WERE [illegible] AND [illegible] [illegible], THIS [illegible] [illegible] REPORTED TO FLIGHT [illegible]. A [illegible] REQUEST[ED] BY FAA TO THE COMPANY TO HAVE THE CREW NOTIFY THE HIJACKER [illegible] [guess: CONTINUED] PRESENCE ON THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT [illegible] BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DANGER TO THE CREW.

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PAGE 4 PORTLAND OB NORJAC [illegible] THE [illegible] AT [guess: THAT] POINT. THE HIJACKER WAS NOT ON BOARD. THE ONLY [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] OF CONTENTS (1 [guess: BROWN] AND [illegible] [guess: BAG(S)]). [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]. BY THE PROFILES [illegible], THERE [guess: WAS] NO PAS- SENGER [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] IN EFFECT AT PORTLAND. AS FAR AS PARA- CHUTES [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] BY [illegible] [illegible] HOLD STORAGE OF SPORT PARACHUTES [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [guess: CONCEIVABLY] ALERT TO CHALLENGE PASS- ENGERS [illegible] [illegible] [guess: ALL] [illegible] PACKAGES WHICH [guess: MIGHT] CONTAIN A PARACHUTE. I THINK IT IS [guess: IMPERATIVE] THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF A PARACHUTIST BE [guess: MONITORED] IN FLIGHT SINCE HOW ELSE CAN YOU BE CERTAIN THAT A LIVE BOMB HAS NOT BEEN LEFT BEHIND AND SET TO DETONATE. TO FLY FOR HOURS AFTER THE EXTORTIONIST HAS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE SUICIDAL. [guess: FURTHER], [guess: SKYDIVERS] COULD HAVE ASSISTED IN THE EARLY APPREHENSION OF THE CRIMINAL THRU [guess: CURTAILING] [guess: SOME] OF THE ADVERSE PUBLICITY RESULTING FROM HIS ESCAPE. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THERE WILL BE A SIMILAR ATTEMPT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. W RPMY, SE-1. JI [illegible]63