Part 77, page 390

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The hijacker, who offi- cials say probably boarded the plane in Portland, Ore., took over the jetliner short- ly before it was to land in Seattle on a flight from Washington, D.C.

A stewardess said he handed her a note, which said he was hijacking the aircraft, and ordered her to relay instructions to offi- cials on the ground that he wanted $200,000 and four parachutes delivered to him. when the plane landed. He displayed the briefcase and cylinders to the stewardess, officials said.

ORDERS to grant the hi- jacker's demands for $200,000 and parachutes and for authorities to stay away from the plane on the Seat- tle runway were issued by company officials in the Twin Cities.

The passengers apparent- ly were unaware a hijack- ing was under way.

"The crew just said some- thing might be wrong with the plane," Pat Minsch of Anchorage, Alaska, said in Seattle.

"There's nothing unusual looking about him," said another passenger, Richard Simmons of Seattle, "He is middle-aged and was wear- ing dark glasses."

After the plane was re- fueled and the money and parachutes delivered by an airline employe, Flight 305 took off with three crew- men, one stewardess and the hijacker.

THE PILOT said the plane would have to stop in [guess: Reno] 600 miles from Seattle, for refueling on a flight that airline officials said was headed for Mexico City. But BI spokesman Campbell [guess: later] said the hijacker have no destination" [guess: for] crew to follow. "We have no information on the man," Campbell [guess: told]

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reporters early today. He said the crew offered a de- scription of the hijacker but he did not elaborate.

"Scott said the hijacker "treated us very courteous- ly."

Because the rear door was open, the cabin area lost pressure and the tem- perature in the plane dropped to 7 degrees below zero, FAA officials said. The cabin lights were shut off on orders from the hi- jacker, they said.

Campbell said a search for the hijacker would begin in the Portland area of Ore- gon.

A passenger list made available by the airline list- ed a Michael Cooper as among those getting off the plane in Portland, Ore., po- lice listed a Dan Cooper among those they believed had boarded the plane there before it went on to Seattle, but that name was not on the airliner's list of those who got off in Seattle.

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-AP Wirephoto THE CREW OF A HIJACKED jet ap- peared at a news conference in Reno Inter- national Airport early today, about 2½ hours after the jet landed there. The crew, all based in the Twin Cities area, left to right, Capt. William Scott; First Officer Robert Radaczak; Stewardess Tina Mucklow and Second Officer Harold Anderson.

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