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D B Cooper — Part 26

567 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: D B Cooper · 567 pages OCR'd
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Letter to SACs, Seattle, Portland Re: NORJAK of the aircraft passengers,[ —=——s—~—~—=Céd’«C@L deve b6 unsub was a Mexican-American. She had a short encounter b7C with the unsub prior to her deplaning at Seattle, at which time she said unsub did not appear to know exactly where he wanted to go after he left Seattle, pe ee ot exe City, Phoenix, and San Francisco, Stewardess then acted as a communications media between the unsub and the captain of the aircraft until about five minutes after the aircraft departed the Seattle-Tacoma National Airport (Sea-Tac) when she was instructed to go to the cockpit by the unsub. The aircraft landed at Sea-Tac at 5:46 p.m., PST, at which time $200,000 in twenty dollar bills, weighing 19 pounds, two back chutes, and two chest chutes were made available to him. The passengers ‘then were allowed to deplane as were Stewardess and another stewardess. -This is b6 normally a thirty-six minute flight. ; b7C Shortly prior to the aircraft taking off from Se at 7:36 p.m., PST, the unsub informed Stewardess [that they were going to Mexico'City or someplace b6 n Mexico and that the aircraft could stop anywhere in Mexico b7C to refuel, but nowhere in the United States. When unsub was informed that the fuel would not permit the aircraft going to Mexico, unsub compromised and said he would prefer a refueling landing in Reno, Nevada. The last communication had with the unsub was by interphone at 8:05 p.m., PST, and it was felt that the unsub deplaned from the aircraft at 8:12 p.m. The aircraft landed at Reno, Nevada, at 11:05 p.m., PST, An. extensive ground search of the area where it was believed the unsub exited the aircraft has proved negative, When the aircraft landed at Reno, Nevada, a chest pack chute and a back-type chute were found on the plane, The missing chest back chute is a training pack "dummied up" to look like a good one. The missing back pack chute, sometimes referred to as an emergency chute, is non-steerable and anyone utilizing this type chute would pave no chance of slowing down or picking his spot on which o land, Also located in seat 18E of the aircraft at Reno, Nevada, was a black clip-onttie which contained a tie clasp described as yellow gold in color with a white pearl circular stone in the center. The label in the, tie bore the ' 7 - 2 = . DB Cooper-8882
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