TeletypeLas Vegas to Director and Seattle re FAA radar and radio contact data for NW 30529 November 19711 page
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Part 115, page 15

DB Cooper-27828Serials 164-2111, LV 164-60, SE 164-81

Document date 29 November 1971

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NR006 LV PLAIN 11102 PM URGENT 11-29-71 GEJ TO DIRECTOR 164-2111 AND SEATTLE 164-81 FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60 2P

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UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINE FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.

[redacted], FAA, RENO, NEVADA, THIS DATE MADE AVAILABLE TAPES OF RADIO CONTACTS WITH NORTHWEST (NW) FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.

TAPES INDICATE RENO DEPARTURE CONTROL (RADAR) MADE RADAR CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT AT TEN THIRTYTWO P.M., PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT FORTYTWO MILES NORTHWEST OF RENO AND OVER FRENCHMAN'S RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA, ALTITUDE OF ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET.

AT TEN THIRTYFIVE P.M., AIRCRAFT MADE VOICE CONTACT WITH RENO TOWER AND TOWER GAVE APPROACH INSTRUCTIONS. AIRCRAFT STATED "WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BACK NOW" (INDICATING CONTACT WITH HIJACKER) AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE STEPS

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b6 per FAA b7C per FAA

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SEARCHED ---- INDEXED ---- SERIALIZED ---- FILED ---- NOV 28 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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164-81-[illegible] DB Cooper-27828