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ov OPTONAL a“? MAT he GSA Feata (a rr} I-18 UNITED STATES GO MENT @ Memorandum SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) pATE: 5/1/72 b6 | —F Et of bic Ln “A NORJAK Lge Fy FROM SUBJECT: FORM NO. 36 "Seattle Flag" 5/10/72. A review @ article concerning D.B. COOPER appearing in the May LO issue of the "Seattle Flag" reveals the following discrepancies between the article and the actual hijacking: i. In the article, the interviewee states he sat in seat 15 D, whereas the hijacker actually sat -in seat 18 E, 2. The intervewee in the article states that he landed over 100 miles away from Southwest Washington. This would be in conflict with the indications of the test flight run by Northwest Airlines. 3. The interviewee states that he knew that with down flaps the stalling speed of the 727 was 109 miles per hour. This information would not appear to be known at Northwest Airlines, as there was some question at their office the night of the hijacking as to whether or not the plane could fly with 15'idegree flaps. 4. In the article, the interviewee states one of the reasons he selected a 727 was because the lavatories in the rear were a handy place to hold a stewardess hostage, wich turned out to be right. In another ‘place the interviewee states he held stewardess hostage part of the time behind the rear galley curtain and part of the time in the toilet. This is not true, inasmuch as the hi- jacker did not hold the stewardess hostage in either of these locations. JSD/r1g (3) Print ia Ponsa MAY une 2 p