Interview report (FD-302)Interview of female Flight 305 passenger who observed stewardess with hijackerInterviewed 24 November 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 67, page 186

DB Cooper-28469Serials SE 164-81

Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971Transcribed 26 November 1971

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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SE 164-81 RLF:jlb

Det. of transcrip[tion]: 11/2[illegible]

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[REDACTED] advised that she was quite certain she could not identify the hijacker if she saw him again as she did not get a good look at his face. [REDACTED] [guess: was a stewardess] on Northwest Airlines, Fl[ight] [illegible], boarding the flight in Portland, Oregon and sitting on [a] plane [REDACTED] in front of the hijacker on the right of the plane, looking forward.

[REDACTED] advised that a few minutes out of [guess: Portland] observed one of the stewardesses conversing with the h[ijacker]. She stated that this stewardess sat beside this man t[he] most of the flight and that she did talk on the intercom apparently to the co[ck]pit at various times through the [guess: flight]. She advised that she [guess: recalled] this man was sitting in [a] [guess: window] seat of the right rear row with the stewardess sitting [illegible] to him on the isle side.

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She advised that upon landing in Seattle, the [hijacker] got up from his seat and went into the restroom at the [guess: rear] of [the] of the plane. He remained there for about one minute [and] then returned to the same seat which he had occupied th[rough] the flight.

[REDACTED] advised that the hijacker was wearing la[rge] sunglasses and an overcoat. She advised that he had da[rk] hair and a narrow face. She advised that when he [guess: exited] [the] restroom and returned to his seat, he was carrying a [illegible] colored attache case on its side in both arms. She [guess: noted] that on top of this case was a package which appeared [to be a] yellow paper bag. She described this bag as being [guess: approximately] four inches high and being about two inches [guess: shorter] th[an] the width of the attache case.

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11/24/72 Seattle, Washington Seattle

[REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] (A)/jlb Date dictated: 11/28/71 - 2 -

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DB Cooper-28469