Part 74, page 188
DB Cooper-32073Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1487
Document date 30 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 74 p. 188 (DB Cooper-32073), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1487 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-74/pages/188
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 11/30/71
Transmit the following in _________ (Type in plaintext or code) CC. Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)
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TO: SAC, CINCINNATI FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO SEATTLE.
REURTEL THIRTIETH INST. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ARE:
1. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHAT PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE UNSUB HAD AS A PARACHUTE JUMPER.
2 and 3. UNSUB REQUESTED AND WAS FURNISHED TWO BACK PACK AND TWO CHEST PACK PARACHUTES. BACK PACK USED DESCRIBED AS STANDARD NB SIX PAREN NAVY BACK PACK SIX END PAREN CONTAINER AND HARNESS. STANDARD LENGTH SHROUD LINES. CANOPY IS TWENTYEIGHT- FT. NYLON FLAT CIRCULAR NOT MODIFIED PAREN NO STEERABLE HOLES END PAREN. PARACHUTE MATERIAL DESCRIBED AS ONE POINT ONE OUNCES. PARACHUTE RIGGER WHO PACKED CHUTE STATES CONTAINER NORMALLY HAS TWENTYSIX FOOT CHUTE, HOWEVER, HE PACKED TWENTY- EIGHT FOOT CHUTE IN CONTAINER BACK PACK, DID NOT HAVE TYPE HARNESS AND NECESSARY GEAR TO ATTACH CHEST PACK. CHEST PACK TAKEN BY UNSUB WAS INOPERABLE DUMMY TRAINING PARACHUTE.
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PARACHUTES A D M. X - [guess: Washington]
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JEM:eon Approved: _______ Special Agent in Charge Sent 10:46 M Per [guess: bat]
Sub. 24 164-81-1487
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DB Cooper-32073