Part 12, page 196

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 196 (DB Cooper-2343), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/196

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date:

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via _______________ (Priority) ---------------------------------------------

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FOR INFORMATION OF CHICAGO, 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.

FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR, UNSUB APPARENTLY OPENED REAR DOOR OF CAPTIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED PILOT TO FLY WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. UNSUB APPARENTLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM SEATTLE. CREW OF PLANE STATES THEY TALKED TO HIJACKER VIA THE INTERCOM AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM BUT HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH HIM. PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM, PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, WITH ONLY CREW ABOARD.

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DB Cooper-2343 Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge

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Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date, transmit type, and via/priority fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype to the Chicago field office summarizing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes the UNSUB boarding a flight from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971, allowing passengers to deplane, receiving $200,000, departing with a crew of three males and one hostess, giving specific flight instructions, and indicating intent to go to Mexico City. After receiving the money, the UNSUB opened the rear door, depressed the stairs, and apparently parachuted from the plane. Last intercom contact was at 8:05 PM. The plane landed at Reno, Nevada at 11:01 PM PST on November 24 with only crew aboard. Standard FD-36 footer with approval line for Special Agent in Charge, sent/per fields. Document stamped with Bates number DB Cooper-2343.

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