Part 53, page 159

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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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Airline Raises Quick $200,000

How do you raise a quick 200 grand after the banks are closed?

That was the sticky prob- lem of Northwest Airline of- ficials late yesterday after- noon when a hijacker com- mandeered a Boeing 727 en route from Portland to Seat- tle and demanded $200,000 for the safety of 35 other passengers.

The airline last night would not reveal the details of how it obtained the huge sum on short notice.

But apparently, because of the circumstances, the banks opened their doors exclusively for the carrier.

A Northwest spokesman said the money was collect- ed from "local financial sources."

A spokesman for the Fe- deral Aviation Administra- tion said that all the bills were the real McCoy "and not cut paper."

An unidentified "North- west courier" delivered the money to the ill-fated plane as it was parked on the end of a runway in the darkness at the south end of Sea-Tac.

Jack Keillor, district sales manager for North- west here, apologized last night for the lack of details concerning the $200,000 transaction and for "being so closed-mouthed at this point, but our concern is for the four crew members aboard that plane."

Donald W. Nyrop, presi- dent of the Minneapolis-

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based airline, issued orders to cooperate fully with the hijacker and "do whatever he demands."

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ROUTE of Northwest Air- lines Flight 305, taken over by a hijacker after leaving Portland, is shown on map. The jetliner circled for about two hours north of Seattle and landed at Seattle - Tacoma Interna- tional Airport at 5:42 p.m., where passengers and two stewardesses were allowed to get off. Jet took off at 7:41 p.m. and flew to Reno.—[AP Map]

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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)

p. A3 Seattle Post- Intelligencer Seattle, Wash.

Date: 11/25/71 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Dick Lyall Title: UNSUB;Northwest Airlines, Flight 305 Portland to Seattle Character:11/24/71 or CAA-HIJACKING;EXT Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle

☐ Being Investigated

COPY SENT TO BUREAU

[partially illegible stamps] [guess: INDEXED] ...... [guess: FILED] ...... '7 1 [guess: 1971] FBI—SEATTLE

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