1. FOLLOWING IS FULL TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE ON THIS SUBJECT
ISSUED IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ON MAY 8: QUOTE:
" THE MONEY PAID IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIJACKING OF AN
EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT IN MAY OF 1972 HAS BEEN RECOVERED
AFTER AN EXTENSIVE AND EXHAUSTIVE JOINT INVESTIGATION BY
THE FBI AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
( FDLE).
" WILLIAM M. ALEXANDER, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE
UNCLASSIFIED
WILLIAM L. REED OF THE FDLE, IN A JOINT RELEASE TODAY,
ANNOUNCED THAT THE DOLS 303,000 WHICH HAD BEEN PAID TO
FREDERICK WILLIAM HAHNEMAN ON MAY 5, L972, AT DULLES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, IN CONNECTION
WITH THE HIJACKING OF EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 175 FROM
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, HAS BEEN
RECOVERED BY AGENTS OF THE FDLE AND THE JACKSONVILLE OFFICE
OF THE FBI.
" UPON RECOVERY OF THE MONEY, A CHECK WAS MADE OF THE
NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER, FBI HEADQUARTERS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., WHICH DETERMINED THE SERIAL NUMBERS
TALLIED WITH THE RANSOM MONEY PAID IN CONNECTION WITH THE
HIJACKING.
" ON MAY 5, 1972, EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 175 WAS
HIJACKED BY A LONE ARMED GUNMAN WHO DEMANDED AND RECEIVED
DOLS 303,000, PARACHUTES, JUMP SUITS, HELMETS, KNIVES, AND
2,000 BENSON AND HEDGES CIGARETTES. AFTER THE MONEY AND
EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN PLACED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE
HIJACKER PERMITTED THE PASSENGERS AND ONE STEWARDESS TO
DEPLANE. THE AIRCRAFT BEARING SIX CREW MEMBERS AND THE
HIJACKER THEN TOOK OFF AND LANDED AT NEW ORLEANS,
LOUISIANA, WHERE THE HIJACKER AND SIX CREW MEMBERS BOARDED
ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF MAY 6, 1972,
OVER THE JUNGLES NEAR A SMALL TOWN OF YORO, HONDURAS, THE
HIJACKER BAILED OUT THROUGH THE LOWERED REAR DOOR.
" THE HIJACKER WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS FREDERICK WILLIAM
HAHNEMAN, A 49- YEAR- OLD EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, MAN. ON
JUNE 3, 1972, HAHNEMAN SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES AT THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY IN HONDURAS AND HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1972,
HAHNEMAN WAS SENTENCED IN U. S. DISTRICT COURT, ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA, TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
" ALEXANDER AND REED STATED THAT THE MONEY WAS BEING TURNED
OVER TO EASTERN AIRLINES OFFICIALS.
" THE FBI SAID THIS RECOVERY SHOWS THAT HIJACKING AN
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AIRPLANE FOR EXTORTIONATE DEMANDS IS NOT VERY PROFITABLE.
SINCE JUNE 4, 1970, THERE HAVE BEEN 27 HIJACKINGS WHEREIN
THE HIJACKERS' EXTORTIONATE DEMANDS AMOUNTED TO DOLS
121,944,100 OF WHICH DOLS 6,656,250 WAS ACTUALLY PAID.
OF THE RANSOM DEMANDS PAID, ONLY DOLS 2,200, OOO REMAINS
OUTSTANDING, DOLS 2,000,000 OF WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN
LITIGATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOVEMBER 10, 1972,
HIJACKING OF A SOUTHERN AIRWAYS FLIGHT. THE REMAINING
DOLS 200,000 WAS PAID TO A STILL UNIDENTIFIED HIJACKER
KNOWN ONLY AS D. B. COOPER WHO HIJACKED A PLANE ON
THANKSGIVING EVE, 1971, AND BAILED OUT SOMEWHERE OVER THE
STATES OF WASHINGTON OR OREGON. THE DOLS 200,000 PAID TO
D. B. COOPER IS THE ONLY MONEY UNACCOUNTED FOR." UNQTE
2. LEGATT MANAGUA WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. ROGERS
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