Part 53, page 130

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Northwest control: "This is an unlighted area. Maybe he would lie more light out there." Scott: "I have just communicated with the individual and I have appraised him of the situation. He understands it may not be possible to park the airplane in a totally secure area with lights. He accepts it." Northwest control: "We don't want the hijacker to think we are going to sneak up on the airplane." Scott: "We'll play it by ear when we get down there." Northwest control: "You hold until we have assurance that we have the money and everything." Northwest control (5:07 p. m.): "The money is at the airport. Now all we lack are two parachutes." Scott (5:21 p. m.): "He's getting very impatient for those chutes. We are going to have to come up with them pretty quick. He's beginning not to accept the fact that they are coming from another area." The parachutes had been sought, apparently without suc- cess, from McChord Air Force Base. Now they were en route in a State Patrol car from the Seattle Sky Sports airfield near Issaquah. Northwest control (5:24 p. m.): "They have just advised that the parachutes have arrived. So we'll go down and pick them up and be on our way." Northwest control (5:39 p. m.): "Everything is ready for your arrival. Flight 305 touched down in the darkness at 5:45 p. m. and stopped in a far corner of the field with its lights blink- ing. Scott (5:47 p. m.): "We'll ask you to stay there until we can coordinate with our friend in the back." Scott (5:48 p. m.): "He says to get the stuff out here right now." Two parachutes and a suitcase containing $200,000 had been loaded into a Northwest Orient courier car. It pulled out from Concourse A, heading for the blinking lights.

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