Part 90, page 221
DB Cooper-40223Serials PD 164-41
Document date 30 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 p. 221 (DB Cooper-40223), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-90/pages/221
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FD-358 (Rev. 3-29-65)
FBI, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATE TELETYPE SYSTEM
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# _________ FBI 11/30/71
APB OREGON
HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES 727 JET, NOVEMBER 24, 1971 -- FOLLOWUP.
JUST AS THE NORTHWEST PLANE WAS LEAVING PORTLAND AIRPORT, THE HIJACKER INFORMED THE STEWARDESS THAT HE HAD A BOMB AND WANTED HER TO SIT WITH HIM. AFTER TAKING THE SEAT BESIDE THE HIJACKER, HE OPENED A BLACK ATTACHE CASE HE HAD IN HIS LAP AND SHOWED HER WHAT HE CLAIMED WAS A BOMB. SHE LATER DESCRIBED THE CONTENTS OF THE ATTACHE CASE AS A BUNDLE OF RED STICKS WHICH SHE BELIEVED WAS DYNAMITE. THE BUNDLE CONSISTED OF SIX OR EIGHT REDDISH COLORED STICKS, SIX OR EIGHT INCHES LONG, WITH NO WRITING ON THE OUTSIDE. THERE WAS SMALL WIRE LEADING FROM BUNDLE OF STICKS, AND THE HIJACKER HELD IT IN HIS HAND AS IF TO INDICATE HE COULD DETONATE THE BOMB BY TOUCHING THE WIRE TO A CONTACT. THERE WAS ALSO A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED BATTERY IN THE BRIEFCASE ABOUT EIGHT INCHES LONG.
AT SEATTLE, IN ANSWER TO HIS DEMANDS, THE HIJACKER WAS FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES AND $200,000 IN $20 BILLS IN CANVAS BANK BAG. WHEN THE PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, SUBJECT
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164-41 JLM:lam (1)
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Approved: _______ Sent _3 48_ M Per _______
DB Cooper-40223