PRINCIPLE INDIVIDUALS AND AGENCIES
Alice = Flight Attendant Alice Hancock
Cooper = Hijacker, Dan (D.B.) Cooper
Flo = Flight Attendant Florence Schaffner
Flt- Ops KC = NWA Flight Operations in Unknown Location (possibly Kansas City)
Flt- Ops MSP = NWA Flight Operations in Minneapolis, MN
Flt- Ops SEA = NWA Flight Operations in Seattle, WA
Harold = Flight Engineer Harold E. Anderson
OAK CNTR = Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC)
Pilot = Either the Pilot, First Officer, or Flight Engineer (Used when ID is unknown)
Raz = William Rataczak, First Officer
Rescue 50983 = A Lockheed HC – 130 out of Hamilton Air Force Base, California
RNO TWR = Reno Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT)
Scott = Captain William Scott, Pilot in Command (PIC)
SEA App Con = SEA Approach Control
SEA CNTR = Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC)
SEA GRND = SEA Ground Control (ATC)
SEA TWR = SEA Control Tower (ATC)
Tina = Flight Attendant Tina Mucklow
GREEN –
Highest Order of Reliability
BLUE –
Questionable Reliability
RED –
Estimate based on the opinion of individuals familiar with the case
