Part 77, page 384
Document date 27 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 77 p. 384, Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-77/pages/384
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 11/27/71
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Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
REURTEL NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, LAST.
[REDACTED] ON CAPTIONED FLIGHT ADVISED THAT ALL LIGHTS EXCEPT NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS WERE OFF SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF OUT OF SEATTLE. AT NO TIME DID THEY FLASH THEIR LIGHTS ON AND OFF DURING THE HIJACKING. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT THEIR FLIGHT PATH WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN NAUTICAL MILES FROM AMBOY, WASHINGTON, AND THE PLANE WAS AT TENTHOUSAND FEET INDICATED EIGHT THOUSAND ABOVE GROUND, FLYING IN CLOUDS. THE FLASHING RADIO BEACON AT KALAMA, WASHINGTON, WAS NOT OBSERVED SINCE THEY WERE IN THE SOUP, ON INSTRUMENTS.
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1 - Minneapolis HDL:pl (1) Approved: __________ [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent 3:14 M Per [initial]
☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
Searched_____ Serialized___2 [guess: Indexed]___ [guess: Filed]___
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