The reason TBAR makes no sense is because EVERYONE starts with the assumption that the hijacker and the TBAR money must have left the plane at the exact same time. This is "unknown".
It is a logical error to hold fast to the premise that the Hijacker left the plane at the exact time as all the money/briefcase. If the money/briefcase left the plane just minutes after the hijacker then the V23 flightpath, FBI LZ and TBAR money find all make sense. EVERYTHING GETS PULLED TOGETHER.
It is reasonable to theorize that the hijacker lost control of the briefcase in those Airstair conditions and it may have fallen from the Airstairs some minutes later into the Columbia River. If he had put some of the money in the briefcase and it fell into the the Columbia River drainage area floating, flooding and dredging puts the money on TBAR. The hijacker leaves the plane over land on V23 near the FBI LZ and the briefcase/money falls minutes later into the Columbia River drainage system, this theory fits everything. If the money went through the dredge it must have been in a protective container and that would have been the briefcase. Further note but unconfirmed and point of argument, the FBI agent told Bruce that there was part of a briefcase found, this was walked back as a senior’s moment. Perhaps so, but it is common for FBI to withhold specific info from the public and it is extremely rare for an FBI agent to fabricate a piece of evidence. This can’t be dismissed, we just don’t know. The FBI agent may have forgot that it was withheld info then walked it back. Even if a piece of the briefcase wasn’t found it doesn’t change the theory.
Further, the drop test after pic shows the Airstair side panel completely peeled back intact while the hijacked plane shows vertical and horizontal shredding on the lower portion of the panels, The panel damage pattern is completely different. The damage to the hijacked plane Airstairs panels looks consistent with sharp internal impacts like a loose briefcase flying back and forth inside partially lowered Airstairs.
total fabrication. we have been this before with you and Cousin Bruce. Good luck!
It is called a theory,
It is reasonable, plausible and simply ties everything together better than any other theory...
The briefcase/money just left the plane a few minutes after the hijacker.. and it all makes sense. TBAR, V23 and the FBI LZ...
Resistance is futile.... it just works...
Maybe I missed something, but tell me again how the briefcase and money could leave the plane after Cooper jumped. Nobody would be there to throw out the briefcase and money. How would that even be possible? And why would Cooper risk parting ways with the money in this manner if he risked everything just to get it?
Meyer
And don't forget that the last time Cooper was seen he was tying the money bag to his waist.
I doubled checked Tina's statement and she didn't say that, she said he was using the parachute for the money instead of the bank bag.. he could have utilized the briefcase as well..
He could have put some of the money in the briefcase and probably tried to secure it to his body, using the "emergency" system the stairs would have been in a free fall and the ascent down those stairs very difficult. He lost control of it in the tight Airstairs and it fell minutes later into the Columbia.
Perhaps he did tie the briefcase to his body but the handle broke during his Airstair ascent and he lost it in the Airstair cavity..
The key is to abandon the assumption that the TBAR money and the hijacker MUST have left the plane together, there is actually no evidence for this. A few minutes delay for some of the money and everything works...
Tina has made different statements in different interviews: here are three of her statements verbatim:
(1) Mucklow states that at takeoff from Seattle the hijacker was in seat 18-D or 18-E, occupying both seats at various times, and she was seated across the aisle in 18-C. Mucklow states that at takeoff the hijacker was using several seats and was occupied with opening one of the parachutes and attempting to pack the money in the parachute container and attach it to his body using the parachute (container’s) straps …
(2) When Mucklow returned to the plane with the last back pack chute, she saw that the hijacker had one of the small chutes open and was cutting nylon cords out with his pocket knife. He took the nylon cord and wrapped it around the neck of the money bag numerous times and then he wrapped it a few times from top to bottom, and with the same piece (of cord) he made a loop like a handle at the top. This nylon cord was pinkish in color. He appeared irritated that they hadn’t given him a knapsack for the money as requested, and after trying to put the money in an unfolded parachute, he decided to leave it in the canvas bag (and fabricate a holding line for that, instead).
(3) The plane took off (with the rear door ajar) and she held her ears because of the loud noise from the engines. Approximately four minutes after take off he stood up and told her to go the cockpit and close the first class curtain, and for no one to come back behind the curtain. The lights were out in the rear compartment and she went forward, faced the curtain, (and turned around and looked?) and the last time she saw him he had a nylon cord tied around his waste and he was standing in the isle. Before she secured the curtain she called back and pleaded with him to take the bomb with him or disarm it before he left.
7:54 pm t1
MSP: As soon as reasonably sure the man has left the quicker you can land.
305: Roger. Miss Mucklow said he apparently has the knapsack around him
and thinks he will attempt a jump.
MSP: Roger. After leaving this freq go to 131.8 we have direct phone patch
There (to Company and FBI)
305: Roger.
No mention of the brief case in regard to money in any interview or crew statement.
*ref SA Campbell interviews (2), Reno interview, PI Transcript.
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