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with its wheels extended and flaps down near 15 degrees as was reported. But a spokes- man for the Boeing Co. said, "It's about the only way they could have stayed in the air." The spokesman, John Wheeler, said the hijacker "would have to be familiar" with the 727 to give such instructions, if this was the case.

DENNIS LYSNE, a North- west ticket clerk in Portland, said he sold a one-way econo- my-class ticket to a man an- swering the hijacker's descrip- tion at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, a full hour before flight time. "What flashes in my mind," said Lynse, "is dark hair, a pleasant voice — nothing to call my attention to him. I asked whether he wanted to go first class or coach, one-way or round-trip. "He said 'one-way,' and by the time I finished writing the ticket he had a $20 bill ready to hand me. He didn't have any baggage, which isn't unu- sual, and I couldn't see wheth- er he was carrying anything."

THE FBI soon after the hi- jacking took charge of Lynse's $20 bills, presumably for fin- gerprinting. "As far as I know," added Lynse, "I had never seen him before." The FBI described the hi- jacker as middle aged, olive skin, possibly a Latin, about 175 pounds, wearing a dark suit.

FOG AND RAIN hampered the search in Clark and Cow- litz Counties Friday morning. [guess: If] Sheriff's deputies aboard three helicopters went up briefly but were forced to cut short their first search from the air by low visibility. Late in the morning, a limit- ed air search was resumed.

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