Document date 1 May 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 25 p. 125 (DB Cooper-8101), Memo, dated 1 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3011 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/125
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 5/1/72
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NORJAK
Re "Seattle Flag" 5/10/72.
A review of the article concerning D.B. COOPER
appearing in the May 10 issue of the "Seattle Flag" reveals
the following discrepancies between the article and the
actual hijacking:
1. In the article, the interviewee states he
sat in seat 15 D, whereas the hijacker actually sat in
seat 18 E.
2. The interviewee in the article states that he
landed over 100 miles away from Southwest Washington. This
would be in conflict with the indications of the test flight
run by Northwest Airlines.
3. The interviewee states that he knew that with
down flaps the stalling speed of the 727 was 109 miles per
hour. This information would not appear to be known at
Northwest Airlines, as there was some question at their office
the night of the hijacking as to whether or not the plane
could fly with 15 degree flaps.
4. In the article, the interviewee states
one of the reasons he selected a 727 was because the
lavatories in the rear were a handy place to hold a
stewardess hostage, wich turned out to be right. In another
place the interviewee states he held stewardess hostage part
of the time behind the rear galley curtain and part of the
time in the toilet. This is not true, inasmuch as the hi-
jacker did not hold the stewardess hostage in either of these
locations.