Part 72, page 35

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 11/26/71

[REDACTED], Northwest Airlines, Seattle, Washington, telephonically contacted SA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at United Airlines, Reno, Nevada, and furnished the following information:

The Boeing 727 aircraft, formerly Northwest Airlines Flight 305, had been hijacked earlier in the day while en route to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon. The airplane landed at Seattle where the hijacker requested $200,000.00 and four parachutes, two chest packs and two back packs. After the money was delivered to the hijacker in a knapsack, passengers and two of the stewardesses were allowed to deplane.

At Seattle the hijacker had specified there were to be no police or fire equipment when the plane landed. He requested an unmarked car and a representative of the airline would be allowed to approach the aircraft from a ten o'clock relative position. The only other equipment to go near the aircraft was to be the air stairs and refueling equipment.

At takeoff the hijacker had directed the aircraft to be flown at 10,000 feet with the rear door down, and flaps and landing gear down.

[REDACTED] requested the following:

1. No equipment with beacon lights be in evidence at Reno Airport when the aircraft landed.

2. No uniformed officers or crowds of spectators be visible from the aircraft.

3. That [REDACTED] United Airlines [REDACTED] and one other individual, who could be an FBI Agent, meet the aircraft on landing in an unmarked automobile and that this automobile approach the aircraft from a relative position of ten o'clock

On 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60 /64-81-[guess: H466]

by SA [REDACTED] - t1w Date dictated 11/26/71

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB Cooper-30842