Teletype · Director to all offices re coordination of NORJAK investigation by Seattle · 26 November 1971 · page 1 of 2AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 26 November 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 p. 22 (DB Cooper-27837), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-79 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-115/pages/22
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NR027 WA PLAIN
9:01 PM URGENT 11-26-71 TJT
TO SEATTLE
PORTLAND
SACRAMENTO
LAS VEGAS
MINNEAPOLIS
FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111) 2P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE
SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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FAA WASHINGTON ADVISES REVIEW OF RECORDINGS OF TRANSMISSIONS
FROM FAA CONTROL DURING HIJACKING SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE
MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM SEATTLE, THREE MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
MC CHORD AIRFORCE BASE HIJACKER ORDERED STEPS OF AIRCRAFT LOWERED.
APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MINUTES OUT SPEED OF AIRCRAFT REDUCED
FROM ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KNOTS.
AT TWENTYFIVE MINUTES, AIRCRAFT REACHED ALTITUDE OF TEN THOUSAND
FEET AND AT THIRTYFIVE MINUTES FAA WASHINGTON SUGGESTED HIGH
PERFORMANCE CLIMB. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED FOR COMPARISON WITH
DATA YOUR AREAS. EACH FIELD DIVISION INSURE ALL TAPES OF RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS AND ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS BE REVIEWED FOR ANY
DATA WHICH MAY GIVE SPECIFIC INFO RE AREA EXITED PLANE.
MINNEAPOLIS CONDUCT SIMILAR INQUIRY NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
MONITORS.
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