Part 12, page 182

DB Cooper-2323Serials 164-2111, LV 164-60, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-332, SU 164-24

Document date 29 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 182 (DB Cooper-2323), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-332 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/182

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NR004 LV PLAIN 247 PM URGENT 11-29-71 JEG TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTEL (164-81) - PORTLAND LOS ANGELES - SALT LAKE CITY (164-24) FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

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FOR INFORMATION LOS ANGELES, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING FLIGHT FROM PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. ALLOWED PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE AT SEATTLE AND AFTER RECEIVING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOOK OFF IN PLANE WITH CREW CONSISTING OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS. FURNISHED SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO AIR SPEED, DIRECTION, AND AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH HOSTESS INSTRUCTED PLANE TO LAND AT RENO FOR A NECESSARY REFUELING STOP. INDICATED TO HOSTESS THAT HE WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY.

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FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR UNSUB APPARENTLY OPENED REAR DOOR OF CAPTIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. HAD END PAGE ONE

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164-81 - 332 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED NOV 2 8 1971

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DB Cooper-2323

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Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City offices. Sent urgently on November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking and extortion of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, in Portland, Oregon. Summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking sent for information to Los Angeles office. Describes how the unsub boarded NW Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971, allowed passengers to deplane in Seattle, received $200,000, took off with a crew of three males and one hostess, gave specific flight instructions, directed the plane to land in Reno for refueling, and indicated to the hostess he would go to Mexico City. Continuation describing the unsub apparently opening the rear door of the plane and lowering the aft stairs while in flight after receiving the money. Text ends mid-sentence with 'END PAGE ONE' marker. FBI filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on November 28, 1971, under case number 164-81-332. Handwritten initials or routing signatures at the bottom left of the page. Document identification stamp marking this as page 2323 in the DB Cooper file.

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Bottom of page has handwritten initials/signatures and a file stamp

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