Document date 12 April 1972AIDates: 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.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 24 p. 308 (DB Cooper-7708), Teletype, dated 12 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-2667 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-24/pages/308
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SU 164-14
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INSTURCTING PILOT TO FLY AT NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND FEET, WITH
FLAPS AT FIFTEEN DEGREES, THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND REAR STEPS OF
PLANE ALSO DOWN, PLANE INVOLVED BEING BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN, A
TRI-JET, WITH STAIRS AT REAR. HIJACKER FINALLY AGREED TO HAVING
STEPS RAISED. (IT IS NOTED BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN AIRCRAFT UNABLE
TO TAKE OFF WITH STAIRS IN LOWERED POSITION. WEVER IN ORDER F
STAIRS TO BE LOWERED IN FLIGHT, IT IS NECESSARY THAT REAR PRESSURED
DOOR BE IN OPEN POSITION ON TAKE-OFF.)
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CONTINUING IN NORJAK, STEWARDESS REMAINED IN CABIN WITH
HIJACKER, AND HIJACKER HAD STEWARDESS SHOW HIM HOW TO LOWER STEPS
AND ORDERED HER TO GO TO FIRST-CLASS SECTION. UAL CASE, HIJACKER
ORDERED STEWARDESS TO GO TO FRONT SECTION OF PLANE AND DID NOT
REQUIRE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO OPERATE LOWERING MECHANISM OF
REAR STAIRS.
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NORJAK CASE, PLANE CAPTAIN IN CONTACT WITH HIJACKER BY INTER-
COM AND JUST PRIOR TO FINAL COMMUNICATION WITH HIJACKER, CAPTAIN
HAD SIGNAL INDICATING STARS HAD BEEN LOWERED.
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UAL CASE, PLANE CREW ON OXYGEN FLYING AT SIXTEEN THOUSAND
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