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D B Cooper — Part 13
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“F3, HyfAt ian ‘ tone: 4
Le ‘Line GeI-R-¥ reprenente’ the asxplane "6 oat sgh path as it appt
™“ the Port land (PDR) NORe’ See eae
‘ . Fa h.
. , TCE i
2. She cabin pressura “wpe” occurred at 0410 GMT, the tim a
“ corded by the NVA Flight Operations Office (KHAFO) in in
( “Ye is a virtual certainty thet the preseure "bump" mrks the £ 25
; athae the high-jacker (HJ) lefr the aimlanc, The aiuplane was: ty AN:
-.. Poine A at that time, thus che J's body would Lond st Foints4. £ ae
‘+ ylubis ‘chutes did not open (unlikely). oe
‘ weed .
3). 16 iC is assumd thee the HJ was a highly expert pa rachuti sty.a arrite
“would thus free-fall as far as prectionble co insure the best, acy
- @ey of bis: touchdom potnt, he would Lond slightly ¢o the NE. 1Of °
' Point A due to his drifting with the wind from the point of "eit
. opening. ee
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- 4. I the RJ opened his tchute ‘ag soon as he left the airplans, ee ie
voy would drift along the Line'A-B and would touch dam at B, ALL & ae
! ‘ Lines parallel co’ A-B ore Lines along which the HJ would: drift: 43
wif he opened his ‘chute relatively carly. mde OEE un .
5.' The parallelogram indicated by C-D-F-E£ represents “the ee
Of the probsble touchdown area adjusted for possible tine errérds
and for the akove described wind drift. I¢ is probably the moge
f{wicful search area.
i, ete 5h
6. The earlicst the uJ could have funpe ee 0406, and thts point ees i
represented by Point G, . te: i
7. The crew believes tho pressure “bunp™ occurred at 0410, but in ie me
any even are certain it occurred before of445. If the bJ, jumped i
at 0406 (unlikely) he would Iand on or near line. G-i. | If he Tp D
jumped at 0415 he would land on or near Line ML See
8. Based on the. above explanstion of Fipure 1, and on all the aseummiee oe
tions based in its preparation, the folloving are pertinent: aie
a. The most Likely landing’ point for the HJ is ats ox slightly Ree aly §
of Point A, DER he.
, _ ‘a ae
b. His land ing point is more likely to be An area C-DeF-E than se re
: any other, eget
c. It is possible his landing point could be anywhere within the. seo .
arca shown (Gell-N-H), but the probability goes. down as the ue 7 aa
ends of this area gre approached? BH 3) LON: Re
: ' cad =} “bes oy
Fipure 3, ‘and this explanation, were
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