Teletype · Seattle to Chicago re Seattle witnesses viewing photo of Gary E. Sandal · 1 December 1971 · page 1 of 3AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 1 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 98 p. 141 (DB Cooper-44197), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-98/pages/141
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR002 SE PLAIN
9:14AM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB
TO CHICAGO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
OO: SEATTLE.
RE BUREAU FACSIMILE TO CHICAGO AND SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, PERTAINING TO GARY E.I. SANDAL.
THREE WITNESSES SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HAVE VIEWED SANDAL'S PHOTO AND INDICATE HE IS NOT THE SUBJECT. IN VIEW OF SANDAL'S INQUIRING OF AIRLINE EMPLOYEES IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, IN WHICH HE ASKED QUESTIONS OF HOW SLOW THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN WOULD FLY; WHAT DEGREE OF FLAPS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SLOW IT DOWN; WHAT EFFECT LOWERING THE WHEELS WOULD HAVE ON THE SPEED; WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT AND ALSO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BEING VACATED BY PARACHUTE AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT HE IS A SKYDIVER AND HIS COMMENT THAT A PARACHUTE JUMP WOULD BE EASY, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CHICAGO INTERVIEW SANDAL.
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