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SU 164-24 fuel and two men on truck be available; that all vehicles be 100 feet from the nose of the aireraft on the left side, and that captain of hijacked plane use Runway 19 Left at San Francisco International Airport. In NORJAK, passengers were deplaned and one stewardess and three male flight crew members remained on board, In United Air Lines case, all passengers deplaned, two. stewardess and three flight crew personnel remained on oard. In NORJAK, hijacker instructed he be flown to Mexico City, instructing pilot to fly at not more than 10,000 feet, with flaps at 15 degrees, the landing gear down and rear steps of plane also down, plane involved being Boeing 727, a tri-jet, with stairs at rear, Hijacker finally agreed to having steps raised. (It is noted Boeing 727 aircraft unable to take off with stairs in lowered position. However in order for stairs to be lowered in flight, it is necessary that rear pressured door be in open position on take-off.) Continuing in NORJAK, stewardess remained in cabin with hijacker, and hijacker had stewardess show him how to lower steps and ordered her to go to first class section. United Air Lines hijacker ordered stewardess to go to front section of plane and did not require instructions as to how to operate lowering mechanism of rear stairs. In NORJAK, plane captain was in contact with hijacker by intercom and just prior to final communication with hijacker, captain had signal indicating stairs had been lowered. In United Air Lines case, plane crew was on oxygen flying at 16,000 feet for a period of one and one~half hours prior to hijacker jumping due to open rear stairs, In NORJAK, Boeing 727 was flying at 170 knots, In United Air Lines case, Boeing 727 was flying at 180 knots, which approximates 200 miles per hour or 3 miles per minute, at instruction of hijacker, DB Cooper-9389 |