I think he said he would disarm it or take it with him...

perhaps he blew up and vaporized on the way down...

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There is something radically wrong and missing, in the record of this hijacking!

They had to know when he had the stairs open, he was going to bail! It was OBVIOUS! that escaping that plane was his primary goal, to the completion of his job. He said no funny stuff get the show on the road. Nobody in their right minds was expecting him to actually jump near Seattle, or ride the plane all the way to Reno ... The standing order from Nyrop to the crew was "cooperate to get rid of him asap". They were not allowed to simply take him out over the ocean and dump him ... Cooper himself is NOT going to bail into the wilderness ... and the only next place after Seattle is is the turns and the slowing they have to make to navigate around Vancouver-Portland. I think Cooper knew that all along and that was his plan.

And either the crew and everyone else were oblivious to this option and what Cooper was doing, OR we are missing all of the important communications that actually occurred between the plane and the Company etc in the 8:10-8:20 time period when the plane begins its turns to navigate V23 at Vancouver-Portland.

We have almost nothing to document this time period! Why is that?   

I think it could boil down to Cooper catching them completely off guard. they gave indication of him on the stairs in the transcripts. the jump seems to be a mystery or they were talking on the "company phone" they failed to signal or even check the plane to see if he left...(chickens?) or were they told not to go back into the cabin. Cooper said it, but did NWO?

Later in the transcripts they make a statement of no communication in the last 55 minutes. this was made at 8:52? then the Marshal wants them to slowly climb in altitude to make him drowsy. apparently, they still had no idea if he was on or off the plane. they also try to make contact using the inter-phone. the last attempt was 0046 (10:30 ish?)

I'm guessing Reno had there hands full wondering if he bailed several miles before the airport and checking the plane. must of been a cluster for a while trying to figure everything out. I'm sure they quickly briefed the crew to find out where he could of left the plane and started working on a search area. Time goes by and more info comes in.

Perhaps it's time to open a thread and go through the case step by step as it happened. a recreation from start to finish?

Flyjack is implying the jump occurred at 8:09 based on looking over the flight data recorder with a microscope. there is clearly 5 minutes between Cooper's last contact and the crew reporting the oscillation. this can't be changed. if the time's were not on the transcripts then something of value could be noted.

They report the oscillation and not the pressure bump.

The plane was in fact in the same area as the transcripts show at around 8:10 according to simulations. Flyjack is correct it could be off by a minute but that also applies to being off a minute ahead as well. calculation are very handy but simulation will help further the calculations.

I will have to look again but I only recall the 302 talking about the auto pilot and not the "little Bobs" these are what was seen with the microscope and could be anything from wind or turbulence causing the auto pilot to make adjustments. I believe it was Scott who did feel a change in pitch while Cooper was on the stairs.

The original search area began there until more data came in moving the search area south.

Flyjack no longer comments here so I replied to him which I have a right to do....