Part 34, page 254

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"Authorities said this is what happened on that Thanksgiving Eve:

"A man who gave his name as Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket at Portland International Airport to Seattle aboard Northwest Airlines' Flight 305 which originated in Washington, D.C.

"No antihijacking measures were in operation as the 36 passengers boarded the Boeing 727 for the 25-minute flight.

"Once in the air, Cooper handed stewardess [REDACTED] a note saying he had a bomb. Following Cooper's orders, [REDACTED] sat beside the skyjacker and wrote down instructions to the pilot.

"He wanted 10,000 $20 bills to be delivered to him at Seattle in a laundry sack, along with two sets of parachutes. Otherwise he threatened to blow up the plane.

"Airline officials and Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion agents complied with his requests and Cooper allowed the passengers and two of the three stewardesses to disembark at Seattle.

"Then he ordered the plane to fly south to Reno, Nev., at 200 miles per hour, at 10,000 feet, flaps down. The crew was to stay in the cockpit.

"After takeoff from Seattle, a red light flashed in the cockpit indicating the plane's rear boarding ramp had been unlatched.

"Nothing was heard from Cooper for about 20 minutes. At 8:10 p.m., as the plane crossed the Lewis River in south- western Washington, [REDACTED] thought the hijacker was having trouble with the ramp and called back over the plane's interphone:

"Anything we can do for you?"

"There was no answer.

"Another light flashed showing the ramp was fully extended. A few seconds later the hijacker came back on the interphone: "No."

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