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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 71 p. 125 (DB Cooper-30387), Teletype, dated 3 Aug 1972, serial SE 164-81-3938 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-71/pages/125
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SEVENTYTWO, IT IS NOTED THAT UNSUB REQUESTED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT
CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO TAKING OFF FROM SEA-TAC AIRPORT:
GEAR DOWN
FLAPS - FIFTEEN DEGREES DOWN
ALTITUDE - TEN THOUSAND FEET,
AFT DOOR OPEN AND THE AIR STAIRS DOWN.
WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE HIJACKER THAT THE PLANE COULD
NOT TAKE OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, HE REPORTEDLY SAID IN A
LOW VOICE, QUOTE YES THEY CAN, BUT THE COCKPIT CAN PUT IT DOWN
AFTER THEY GET AIRBORNE. ENQUOTE.
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ON JULY TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT IF
THE HIJACKER WAS A MEMBER OF, OR HAD CONSULTED WITH A MEMBER
OF THE BOEING TEST TEAM, HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE SEVEN TWO
SEVEN COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, NOR
WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY SINCE THE AIR STAIRS CAN EASILY BE
LOWERED IN FLIGHT.
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STEWARDESS [REDACTED] REMARKED UPON BEING INTERVIEWED
SHORTLY AFTER THE HIJACKING, THAT THE AIR STAIRS AND THE CONTROLS
FOR THE AIR STAIRS WERE THE ONLY FUNCTION OF THE AIR CRAFT THAT
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