Part 50, page 337

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Not D.B. Cooper story

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One of the passengers, Kent Swigard, 24, a reporter for The Spokesman-Review in Spo- kane, Wash., described the hi- jackers as "organized and in- credibly calm." "They were just about to close the door when these three came bursting in with the last passenger," he said. After the plane began to taxi, a stewardess announced that the plane would make an "unsched- uled stop." The plane, Flight 106, had originated in Phoenix, Ariz., and was bound for Washington. The authorities said that the pilot of the Boeing 727 radioed shortly after take off that the hijackers had ordered him to fly to Atlanta to refuel, but the flight plan was later changed and the craft flew to Tampa. It landed there about 7 A.M. The hijackers ordered the pilot to refuel on the runway and promised to let the passen- gers off. Sam McClure, 24, the agent in charge of the morning shift at the airport, volunteered to refuel the plane, but declined to let agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation go with him.

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and criminal trespass and was held in lieu of $100,000 bond, the police said.

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D.B. COOPER DRAWING OF SUSPECT

Parachuting Hijacker Sought in Wooded Area

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United Press International Artist's sketch of suspect sought in connection with hijacking flight from Port- land to Seattle Wednesday.

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