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SE 164-81 PAGE TWO GEAR DOWN FLAPS - FIFTEEN DEGREES DOWN ALTITUDE - TEN THOUSAND FEET, AFT DOOR OPEN AND THE AIR STAIRS DOWN. WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE HIJACKER THAT THE PLANE COULD NOT TAKE OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, HE REPORTEDLY SAID IN A LOW VOICE, QUOTE YES THEY CAN, BUT THE COCKPIT CAN PUT IT DOWN AFTER THEY GET AIRBORNE. ENQUOTE. ON JULY TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYTWO,| =| ADVISED THAT IF THE HISACKER WAS A MEMBER OF, OR HAD CONSULTED WITH A MEMBER OF THE BOEING TEST TEAM, HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, NOR WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY SINCE THE AIR STAIRS CAN EASILY BE LOWERED IN FLIGHT. STEWARDESS[_——————_—«J REMARKED ‘UPON BEING INTERVIEWED SHORTLY APTER THE HIJACKING, THAT THE AIR STAIRS AND THE CONTROLS FOR THE AIR STAIRS WERE THE ONLY FUNCTION OF THE AIR CRAFT AD THE HIJACKER DID NOT SEEM TO BE FULLY AWARE OF. AS WAS STATED IN THE LAST WEEKLY SUMMARY, LEADS HAVE BEEN SET OUT TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTIVE DB Cooper-9088 b6 BIC b6é b7Cc