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eer MO 164-34 GRH/nb lowing investigation was conducted by SA bé on Decenber 1, 1971: b7C Major | | Maxwell Air Force Base, abama, advised he is acquainte b6 with sport parachutists and skydiving activities in the . b7C northwestern section of the United States, The U. S, Parachute Association has divided the country up into about seven regions with a total membership of about 25,000 to 30,000 people, He further indicated that he firmly believed that if this had been a skydiver who committed the hijacking, the skydiver would not have come from the Northwest section of the United States, He believed that since most skydivers know each’ other in a section of the country, this would preclude it being an individual from that section of the country, tajor [__ advised the jump from 10,009 feet in b6 bad weather is not a great physical feat and there would be no bic problem in jumping at that altitude in bad weather, He advised that an individual would not need jump boots and stated that he, hinself,has skydived with tennis shoes ‘on, At this time Major was shown an artist con- b6 ception of an individual, ali¢g he hijacker of Northwest bic Air Lines Flight 305, and he indicated he did not know anybody ' in his _ section of the country who fit this description, Major further stated that whoever set up the hijacking opera his case knew quite a Lot about airplanes, He further indicated that probably the reason behind the four parachutes given to the hijacker was that the hijacker wanted to test the good faith of the pcople on the ground inasmuch as a skydiver would be able to tell whether or not parachutes were operable, He further indicated that if two parachutes were Left behind in the aircraft, the hijacker could have dropped one ‘Shutérand activated it as a decoy to ward off any trailing -air~ craft, and then could have bailed out after the decoy tchute wag dropped. DB crane a a ; __ _ iG . . ,