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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 BOUDARY 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.
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FBI - SEATTLE