Part 60, page 133
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 60 p. 133 (DB Cooper-24797), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-60/pages/133
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Second Class Cabin on the right side in the front seat. He said that he understood that at some time D. B. Cooper came forward and showed something to someone but he said that he didn't think he saw him at any time during the flight. He said that when everyone boarded the plane that it had just started raining quite heavily and that he, [REDACTED] had gotten drenched on his way out to the plane. He said there was not one of the automatic boarding ramps used at this particular boarding and everyone simply had to run from the terminal across the asphalt and to the plane in order to board.
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He said that the flight was uneventful but that normally the flight coming in to Seatac, the combined airport for Seattle and Tacoma, the flight would pass by the airport somewhat and would pass over Seattle and would land in a southerly direction at Seatac. He said that the plane went clearly past Seattle and he simply assumed that the pilot was waiting for clearance to land and was simply killing time. He said that the plane then went somewhat to the west of Seattle and started circling and then later went to the east of Seattle and again was circling. He said that they were suppose to land at about 3:00 P.M. He said that at one time one of the stewardesses walked by and said to another stewardess to keep the curtains open between the Second Class Cabin and the First Class Cabin. [REDACTED] indicated that at the time it didn't mean much to him but he said that he later understood that this was one of the orders that was given by D. B. Cooper, apparently so he could see everyone in both the First and Second Class Cabins.
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At about 3:20 or 3:30 P.M. the pilot said that they would be landing in about 10 minutes.
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At the time [REDACTED] was coincidentally reading a magazine about the starting of Northwest Orient Airlines and one of the early plane crashes that Northwest Orient Airlines had had.
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At one point the pilot said to stay in your seats because of rough flying. He indicated that there was some turbulence. He said that they finally landed at about 6:00 P.M.
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Just after they landed another gentleman came up to sit alongside of [REDACTED] and told him that the Stewardess- had told him to leave his seat which was in the rear of
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DB Cooper-24797