TeletypeSeattle to Director, Las Vegas and Portland describing the two parachutes taken by the hijacker25 November 19711 page
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Part 64, page 212

DB Cooper-27057

Document date 25 November 1971

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NR004 SE PLAIN 4:53 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) IP

UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

RE: SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE.

INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH [REDACTED] INSCRIBED CON- TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES.

NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. - P - E N D

GEJ FBI LAS VEGAS CLR -

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DB Cooper-27057