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4 -_—— Oe * FD-358 (Rev. 3-29-65) Lx FHI, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ' STATE TELETYPE SYSTEM SE 164-8 Cs 11/29/71 % _ APB, STATE OF WASHINGTON ansmit in —WSCCCiC‘CNCO# teletype to: (Type in plaintext” or “code*) 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 A 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 $200,000.00 in'$20.00 BILLS IN CANVASS BANK BAG. WHEN THE PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, SUBJECT WAS NOT ABOARD BUT THE EXACT SPOT OF HIS J.E. MILNES Special Agent in Charge FBI, Seattle bN 8] ~ ad G f CEF/rse fe -— (1) / asf Approved: {\ : Sent | G P Per AN ty DB Cooper-2223 fb