TeletypeNR005 Las Vegas to Director, Seattle, Portland re flight path of NWA 30526 November 19711 page
teletypeLegibility: medium

Part 114, page 62

DB Cooper-27050Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81-48

Document date 26 November 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 114, page 62 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 114 p. 62 (DB Cooper-27050), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-48 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-114/pages/62

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

Las Vegas Searched Area.

---

Chutes Course

---

NR005 LV PLAIN 11:52 PM NITEL 11-26-71 SGT TO DIRECTOR, SEATTLE, PORTLAND FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60) 3P

UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

REMYTELS NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONTROLLERS ADVISED THAT CAPTIONED FLIGHT PROCEEDED FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ON NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST THROUGH OREGON AND INTO CALIFORNIA TO A POINT NEAR FRENCHMAN'S RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA. THE FLIGHT THEN TURNED DUE EAST TO THE NEVADA BORDER AND PROCEEDED DUE EAST TO A POINT TWELVE MILES INSIDE BOUNDARY OF NEVADA. THE FLIGHT THEN PROCEEDED DIRECTLY SOUTH TO RENO, NEVADA, A DISTANCE OF APPROXI- MATELY TWENTYFIVE MILES. THE FLIGHT CIRCLED BRIEFLY IN THE RENO- SPARKS, NEVADA, AREA PREPARATORY TO LANDING. WHILE THE APPROACH AREA IS HEAVILY POPULATED WITH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS-TYPE STRUCTURES, THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS VIRTUALLY ENTIRELY UNINHABITED DESERT AREA. END PAGE ONE

---

1-cc- "SEARCH" 1-cc. "CHUTES" 1-cc "COURSE"

---

Sub. D 164-81-48

---

SEARCHED _______ INDEXED _______ SERIALIZED _______ FILED _______ NOV 26 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

---

DB Cooper-27050