Part 53, page 170
DB Cooper-22508Serials SE 164-81
Document date 25 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 170 (DB Cooper-22508), News clipping, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/170
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Man Hijacks Jet to Reno, Vanishes
37 Released Here; Ransom Of $200,000
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BY DICK CLEVER
A man who hijacked a Seattle-bound jet- liner and collected $200,000 ransom here before releasing 35 passengers and two stewardesses had vanished by the time the plane taxied to a stop in Reno last night.
The hijacker, thought to be armed with a dynamite bomb, picked up the money and four parachutes during a tense refuel- ing stop at Seattle-Tacoma Airport before ordering the crew of the Northwest Air- lines 727 to fly him toward Mexico by way of Reno, Nev.
He was holding a stewardess, Tina Muck- low, as a hostage in the rear of the plane. When the plane taxied to a stop in Reno, the hijacker was not on board.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane stopped long enough as it was taxiing toward the terminal to allow the man to escape through an emergency exit.
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Sheriff's deputies with dogs began a search for him among houses surrounding the airport.
The crew of three men and the steward- ess were unharmed.
The pilot of the 727, Capt. W. "Bill" Scott, said the hijacker had locked a door between the cabin and the back compart- ment and he did not know whether the hi- jacker had parachuted during the trip.
Pilots of two Air Force planes shadow- ing the hijacked jetliner said they had seen no one jump.
One parachute of the four loaded at Seattle was missing.
Other crew members included flight of- ficers W. "Bob" Rataczak and H. E. An- derson. Northwest spokesmen said all the crew members are from Minneapolis, headquarters for the airline.
J.E. Milnes, special agent in charge of the Seattle FBI office, said the hijacker boarded the plane in Portland, approached a stewardess with a note, and said he
wanted $200,000 and four parachutes--two backpacks and two frontpacks.
Milnes said the stewardess told the crew that the man had a briefcase containing several red cylinders con- nected by pieces of wire, but he declined to speculate whether the cylinders were flares or explosives.
The plane landed at Sea-Tac after the hijack- er had been assured that the ransom money and the parachutes would be ready and waiting for him.
"Everything is ready and waiting for your arrival," the Sea-Tac tower radioed
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p. A1 Seattle Post- Intelligencer Seattle, Wash.
Date: 11/25/71 Edition: Final Author: Dick Clever 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
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