Interview report (FD-302)Interview of FAA SAC Stuart Durden re recording of Flight 305 radio transmissionsInterviewed 3 December 19711 page
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Part 71, page 391

DB Cooper-30723Serials SE 164-81-768

Interviewed 3 December 1971Dictated 7 December 1971Transcribed 7 December 1971

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/7/71

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Mr. STUART DURDEN, Special Agent in Charge, FAA Security Air Transportation, Security Field Office, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, Washington, was interviewed at the FAA Air Carrier Office. Mr. DURDEN provided one reel of magnetic recording tape which contains a copy of a recorded transmission between Northwest Airlines Flight #305 and the FAA Traffic Control Center, Auburn, Washington, on November 24, 1971. These transmissions cover Flight #305's flight from approximately 30 miles south of Sea-Tac Airport to Northern California.

According to Mr. DURDEN this recorded tape was obtained by him from [REDACTED], Area Officer B, FAA, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, Auburn, Washington, on December 3, 1971. The original tape is maintained under the supervision of [REDACTED] at FAA, Auburn, Washington.

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Interviewed on 12/3/71 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81 -768

by SA [REDACTED] /rse Date dictated 12/7/71

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DB Cooper-30723

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