Part 64, page 160

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PH 164-133 .2

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hijacked. She said, "We're being hijacked, he's got a bomb and this is no joke." She replaced the phone and leaned down in the isle near [REDACTED] and saw her writing something on an en- velope. After [REDACTED] finished writing, she said to the man next to her that she would take the note to the cockpit. [REDACTED] asked [REDACTED] if she wanted her to take the note and she said no. [REDACTED] said, "Do you want me to stay here?" and the man replied, "yes." [REDACTED] took the note and entered the cockpit.

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[REDACTED] sat next to the man and shortly thereafter he opened a black cheap appearing imitation leather attache case and showed her a device with eight red cylinders and a wire running from the cylinders towards a large 6" x 8" x 2" in diameter battery. The wire had a red plastic coating around it, all with the exception of the last inch which was bare and which the man held in between his fingers. He told her it was an electronic device and suggested the aircraft radio be used as little as possible. He said he didn't think radio transmissions would bother it, but wanted to let the crew know.

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She then called the pilot over the interphone and ad- vised him of the device and from that point on she acted as a communications media between the hijacker and the pilot through the interphone. During one message to the pilot, he specified that all of the previous requested items be at the airport when they landed. She later learned that the note which [REDACTED] had carried to the pilot contained a list of demands. He later told [REDACTED] that he wanted $200,000 in circulated U. S. currency, two back and two front parachutes, and fuel trucks to meet the plane when it landed at Seattle. One of the specific demands that he made was that the fuel truck is to come first and start fueling the plane immediately. Everyone in the plane was to remain in their seat and he indicated that [REDACTED] was to be a liaison and the one to get the money. After fueling is completed and the money is aboard, he indicated that the passengers would be re- leased, and the last item to be brought aboard the aircraft would be the chutes, and at that time only the crew members were to be aboard and they must stay out of the isle and remain in their seats.

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During the flight from Portland to Seattle, she had light conversation with the hijacker. For example, she asked him where he was from and he became upset and said he didn't want to answer that. She somehow brought up that they would be going to Cuba and mentioned that personnel were advised to warn passengers against buying any Cuban rum or cigars because U. S. Customs would confiscate them when they returned to the United States.

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DB Cooper-26974