Document date 3 December 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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HIS MIND AFTER AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF; SHE WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITHIN
FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND RECALLS TEN MINUTES AFTER
BEING IN COCKPIT THAT ONE OF THE COCKPIT CREW RECEIVED AN INTERPHONE
CALL FROM HIJACKER ADVISING HE COULD NOT LOWER THE LANDED SO THE
PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT OFF AND REDUCED SPEED. SHE RECALLS
SEEING THE RED LIGHT GO ON THE SECOND OFFICER'S PANEL INDICATING
THE REAR LADDER HAD DROPPED AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THE FIRST
CALL A SECOND CALL WAS RECEIVED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS FROM
HIJACKER WHICH WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE HIJACKER.
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ON DECEMBER TWO LAST, INVESTIGATION AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATION-
AL AIRPORT REVEALED THAT THERE IS AN ACCESS PANEL IN THE REAR LANDED.
WELL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WELL ENABLING MECHANICS TO REACH
EQUIPMENT BETWEEN WELL AND OUTER FUSELAGE OF THE SHIP IN THE TAIL.
THIS PANEL CAN BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE WELL AND THE
FUSELAGE WITHOUT TOOLS. FACING THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT IT IS
NOTED THAT THE AREA BEHIND THE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WELL
CONTAINS SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TWO OR THREE MEN TO BE INSIDE. THE
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