Teletype · (transmitted copy) Seattle to Oklahoma City re pilot license inquiries · 17 May 1972 · page 1 of 2AIType, title and date: 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.
Document date 17 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. 283 (DB Cooper-8266), Teletype, dated 17 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3353 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/283
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR011 SE PLAIN
6:34 PM NITEL 5/17/72 DCA
TO OKLAHOMA CITY (164-56)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 2P
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NORJAK
THROUGHOUT THE HIJACKING, THE SUBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE
EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FLYING IN GENERAL; ABOUT THE OPERA-
TION OF THE BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN AND ABOUT FAA AND CONTROL
TOWER RULES AND REQUIREMENTS.
BASED ONE THIS FACT IT MIGHT BE REASONED THAT SUBJECT IS OR
WAS A LICENSED PILOT, POSSIBLY WITH EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION OF
THE BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN OR COMMERCIAL AVIATION.
LEADS. OKLAHOMA CITY AT OKLAHOMA. OKLAHOMA IT REQUESTED
TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT FAA AND EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF CHECK-
ING FAA RECORDS ALONG THE LINES SET OUT BELOW FOR ANY INFORMATION
WHICH MIGHT AID IN IDENTIFYING THE HIJACKER:
ONE. HOW MANY FILES OF LICENSED PILOTS FAA MAINTAINS.
TWO. CAN INFORMATION BE EXTRACTED FROM THEIR FILES BY
AGE GROUP.