Part 63, page 44
Serials SE 164-81
Document date 13 February 1980
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 63 p. 44, News clipping, dated 13 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-63/pages/44
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FD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
(Indicate page, name of paper, city and state.) p. B1 Daily News Longview, Wa. Date: 2/13/80 Edition: Final Title: NORJAK Character: or Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle
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SEARCHED......INDEXED.... SERIALIZED....FILED...... FEB 21 1980 FBI - SEATTLE
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How it all started
On Nov. 24, 1971, a calm, middle-age man calling himself Dan Cooper bought a ticket for a Northwest Airlines flight to Seattle.
Shortly after takeoff, he handed a note to stewardess Florence Schaffner.
Thinking the man was try- ing to "hustle" her, she stuff- ed the note in her purse, but he motioned for her to read it.
The note said he had a bomb, and wanted to go to Mexico.
While the jet circled Seattle before landing, the skyjacker also ordered that $200,000 cash and four parachutes be brought to the plane.
The airline agreed, 36 passengers and part of the crew were allowed to leave, and the plane took off with the man and his ransom.
As it flew south, the rear airstair was lowered, and minutes later the plane reacted in a manner that con- vinced the crew that the sky- jacker had bailed out somewhere in the Lewis River-Lake Merwin area east of Woodland.
Thus began the legend of D.B. Cooper (the name Dan Cooper somehow got lost in news media accounts of the in- cident.)
Cooper has never been found, but interest in the case is still strong, and flared Tues- day when the FBI announced a Vancouver family had found several thousand dollars of the ransom money on a Columbia River beach northwest of Van- couver.
Several stories about the case appear in today's issue of The Daily News.
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Longview Cowlitz River Kelso Columbia River Kalama Merwin Dam Lake Merwin Lewis River Woodland Vancouver Lake Vancouver Camas Willamette River Portland Airport Portland D.B. Cooper Flight Path 503 5 80
The 'X' marks the area where D.B. Cooper loot was found Sunday
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SUB B- 164-81 [guess: 6029] b6 [guess: b7C]
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SUBS BIE, [guess: GIMI]