ReportTranscript of radio communications, Reno Tower / Oakland ARTCC and Flight 305page 3 of 3
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Part 66, page 47

DB Cooper-27762

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AND AN WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT WE'LL LEAVE THE BEACON ON WE'RE GOING TO WELL FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE GOING TO SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN WE'RE GONE TO TAKE LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT WE WOULD REQUEST THAT AN WE HAVE GROUND TRANSPORTATION IF YA WOULD AN WE DON'T NEED THE FUELERS WE CERTAINLY THANK THEM FOR STANDING BY AND EVERYONE ELSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND HELP WE GOT AND IF WE COULD GET SOME AN TRANSPORTATION INTO AN WELL AN I THINK UNITED HAS AN OPERATIONS AN DEPARTMENT HERE DO THEY NOT

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0714 GMT

RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE AFFIRMATIVE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING OR IF JUST DEPART IT FROM THE FRONT WE WILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE

NW305: OKAY AN BE ADVISED AN WE GOT NO FRONT AN STEPS AND AN WE JUST TOOK NOT HAVE ANYONE COME OUT HERE AN WE'LL GO DOWN THE BACK STEPS AND AN AN WE'LL BE TAKING LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUTTING IT DOWN AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL STAND AN ON THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AN TRANSPORTATION

RNO TWR LC: DO YOU CAN YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU VISUALLY OBSERVED OR OBSERVED SA THE HIJACKER

NW305: I'M SORRY I AN AN WE HAVE AN BEEN GIVEN ORDERS IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL PARDON US FOR AN NOT CUTTING YA SHORT BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS NOT TO NOT TO AN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME

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0715 GMT

RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE CAN YA STAND BY ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

NW305: OKAY STANDING BY

RNO TWR LC: ALL RIGHT YOU'RE GONNA EXIT THE AIRCRAFT NOW AND STAND BY THE FRONT IS THAT CORRECT

NW305: THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE THE ONLY THING THAT WE'LL NEED OUT HERE IS A GROUND TRANSPORTATION THE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN AN WE THANK THEM VERY MUCH AS AN EN ALONG WITH YOU PEOPLE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU -------------- WE'LL BE IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AN TRANSPORTATION

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