TeletypeSeattle to Director, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Portland re Cossey interview on jump hazards26 November 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 64, page 204

DB Cooper-27046Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-466

Document date 26 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 64 p. 204 (DB Cooper-27046), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-466 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-64/pages/204

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NR009 SE PLAIN 6:22 PM URGENT 11/26/71 JJT TO DIRECTOR LAS VEGAS MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-81)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES LIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO:SEATTLE.

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EARL J. COSSEY, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER, AND JUMP INSTRUCTOR, INTERVIEWED THIS DATE. STATES HE PACKED THREE PARACHUTES GIVEN TO SUBJECT, AND FROM AVAILABLE INFORMATION, HAS DETERMINED MISSING BACK PACK IS A MODEL N B SIX (NAVY BACK PACK SIX). CONTAINER IS SAGE-GREEN, NYLON, AND PARACHUTE IS TWENTYEIGHT FT. NYLON WHITE FLIGHT CIRCULAR (NON STEERABLE). BACK PACK EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL FOAM. CUSHION AND HAS SAGE-GREEN NYLON HARNESS WITH NO. "D" RINGS TO MOUNT CHEST PACK.

COSSEY STATES CHEST PACK USED BY SUBJECT IS DUMMY TRAINING RIG, WHICH IS INOPERABLE. COSSEY SPECULATES SUBJECT USED CHEST PACK FOR MONEY.// END PAGE ONE

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Sub D 164-81-466

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DB Cooper-27046