TeletypeSeattle to Director re back and chest parachutes, including training chute rigged inoperable29 November 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 64, page 207

DB Cooper-27049Serials SE 164-81

Document date 29 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 64 p. 207 (DB Cooper-27049), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-157 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-64/pages/207

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PAGE TWO SE 164-81

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PERSONALLY RIGGED A CHEST PACK PARACHUTE WHICH WAS USED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, SEWING THE PARACHUTE PACK UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AS A PARACHUTE.

THIS PARTICULAR PARACHUTE, ACCORDING TO COSSEY, IS ONE OF THE TWO CHEST PACK PARACHUTES THAT WERE DELIVERED TO THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL FOR DELIVERY TO THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES FOR DELIVERY TO THE HIJACKER.

SINCE FOUR PARACHUTES WERE GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER, TWO CHEST PACKS, TWO BACK PACKS, AND SINCE ONE CHEST PACK AND ONE BACK PACK CHUTE WERE FOUND IN THE PLANE, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE ONE CHEST PACK CHUTE MISSING WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN USED BY THE HIJACKER. THE SECOND BACK PACK CHUTE PROVIDED THE HIJACKER WAS OPERABLE.

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DB Cooper-27049