TeletypeLas Vegas to Seattle re inspection of Flight 305 aircraft panels at Reno3 December 19711 page
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Part 65, page 72

DB Cooper-27293Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-578

Document date 3 December 1971

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NR004 LV PLAIN 4:30 PM URGENT 12-3-71 SGT TO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)

UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TEL INSTANT.

INSPECTION PANELS LOCATED NEAR REAR STAIRWAY IN INSTANT FLIGHT WERE REMOVED AND AREAS BEHIND THEM INSPECTED WHILE PLANE WAS AT RENO, NEVADA.

FOLLOWING THE SEARCH OF THE PLANE AND THE DUSTING OF IT FOR FINGERPRINTS THERE WAS A GUARD PLACED AT THE PLANE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND THE PLANE WAS "BUTTONED UP" UNTIL JUST BEFORE IT LEFT RENO AT ELEVEN TWO A.M., NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-ONE. IN ADDITION, THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WERE SEARCHED. END

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DB Cooper-27293

164-81-578

SERIALIZED......FILED...... DEC 3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE