DELTA AIR LINES JET HIJACKERS
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
From: FBI, ACTING DIRECTOR
To: CIA, DIRECTOR
Document date: 8/3/72
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DOCUMENT

INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR

: FBI, ACTING DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR

DELTA AIR LINES JET HIJACKERS

08/03/1972

SUBJECTS : HIJACK-CABLE

DELTA AIRLINE

BROWN,

GEORGE

SINGLETON, H.

TILLERSON, J.

MCNAIR, JEAN

BURGESS, LARRY

MCNAIR, MELVIN

WRIGHT, GEORGE

JOCUMENT TYPE : PAPEF

CLASSIFICATION : SECRET

CURFER STAOUS POSTPONED IN FULZ

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/13/93

COMMENTS: JEKIO: F2 : 1993.07.13.09:23:49:400520 : EBI DENIED

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DELTA

AIR LINES JET HIJACKERS

CLA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION ANDIOR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FEDERAL

PROCESS MAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AT MIAMI, FLORIDA, CHARGING EACH WITH

AIRCRAFT PIRACY REGARDING THE JULY THIRTYONE LAST HIJACKING OF DELIA

AIR LINES FLIGHT EIGHT FOUR ONE OVER ORLANDO, FLORIDA, WHICH ULTIMATELY

LANDED IN ALGERIA:

GEORGE EDWARD WRIGHT, ALSO KNOWN AS LARRY DARNELL BURGESS, NEGRO

MALE, BORN MARCH TWENTYNINE NINETEEN FORTYTHREE AT HALIFAX, VIRGINIA,

BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, SEVENTYTWO INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY

POUNDS, ONE AND ONE HALF INCH SCAR RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AT CROWN,

MARK OF ISLAM CENTER FOREHEAD, BEAPD AND MOUSTACHE, POSSIBLY FALSE

FRONT TEETH, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TWO TWO FIVE DASH FIVE FOUR DASH

THREE EIGHT NINE TWO, FBI NUMBER THREE SIX IWO FOUR TWO FOUR E.

WRIGHT

IS CURRENTLY BEING SOUGHT AS A FEDERAL FUGITIVE FOR UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO

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FROM NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, FOLLOWING HIS CON-

VICTION FOR MURDER.

GEORGE BROWN, ALSO KNOWN AS HAROLD SINGLETON, NEGRO MALE, BORN

MARCH TWENTYEIGHT FORTYFOUR, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, SIXTYEIGHI INCHES,

ONE HUNDRED FORTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, CUT SCAR UPPER RIGHT

ARM, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ONE THREE NINE DASH THREE FOUR DASH ZERO

FOUR TWO FIVE, FBI NUMBER TWO FOUR ONE TWO EIGHT THREE E. BROWN ALSO

ESCAPED FROM NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON AUGUST TWENTYTWO SEVENTY FOLLOWING

CONVICTION FOR ARMED ROBBERY. THERE IS ALSO A FEDERAL UNLAWFUL FLIGHT

TO AVOID CONFINEMENT WARRANI OUT STANDING AGAINST BROWN•

MELVIN MC NAIR, III, NEGRO MALE, BORN OCTOBER THIRTY FORTYEIGHI,

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SEVENTYTHREE INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTYFIVE

• POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER THREE EIGHT SIX

DASH SIX ZERO DASH FOUR SIX TWO.

JEAN CAROL MC NAIR, NEE ALLEN, NEGRO FEMALE, BORN OCIOBER ELEVEN

FORTYSIX, WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, SIXT YOUR INCHES, ONE HUNDRED

THIRTY POUNDS, SOCIAL" SECURITY NUMBER THREE EIGHT SIX DASH SIX ZERO

DASH FOUR FIVE SIX ONE, HUSBAND MELVIN MC NAIR, III, CHILDREN, AYANA

SALA MC NAIR, FEMALE, BORN DECEMBER TWENTYFIVE SEVENTYONE AND JOHARI

MC NAIR (MALE) AGED APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS.

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..JOYCE TILLERSON, ALSO KNOWN AS JOYCE TILLERSON BURGESS, NEGRO

FEMALE, BORN JUNE SIX FIFTYONE, SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SIXTY-

EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES,

ALLEGEDLY MARRIED TO WRIGHT UNDER THE NAME OF BURGESS, BELIEVED TO

BE PREGNANT AND HAS ONE FEMALE CHILD, KENYA ALICE TILLERSON, BORN

SEPTEMBER FIFTEEN SIXTYNINE•

ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE RESIDED AT SEVEN FOUR

SIX MANISTIQUE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN•

YOU WILL BE ADVISED OF PERTINENT DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP•

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JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER

: 104-10063-10159

RECORD

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER

80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM : FBI,

ACTING DIRECTOR

: CIA, DIRECTOR

TITLE

DATE

PAGES

DELTA AIR LINES

JET HIJACKERS

08/03/1972

SUBJECTS : HIJACK-CABLE

DELTA AIRLINE

BROWN, GEORGE

SINGLETON, H.

TILLERSON, J.

MCNAIR, JEAN

BURGESS, LARRY

MCNAIR,

MELVIN

WRIGHT, GEORGE

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION : SECRET

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS • POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

COMMENTS : JEK10 : E2 : 1993.07.13.09:23:49:400520 : FBI DENIED

IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. THIS

IS DUP OF 104-10063 - 10155.

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CACTUS

DELTA

AIR LINES JET HIJACKERS

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FEDERAL

PROCESS MAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AT MIAMI, FLOPIDA, CHARGING EACH WITH

AIRCRAFT PIRACY REGARDING THE JULY THIRTYONE LAST HIJACKING OF DELIA

AIR LINES FLIGHT EIGHI FOUR ONE OVER ORLANDO, FLORIDA, WHICH ULI IMATELY

LANDED IN ALGERIA:

GEORGE EDWARD WRIGHT, ALSO KNOWN AS LARRY DARNELL BURGESS, NEGRO

MALE, BORN MARCH IWENTYNINE NINETEEN FORTYTHREE AT HALIFAX, VIRGINIA,

BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, SEVENTYIWO INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY

POUNDS, ONE AND ONE HALF INCH SCAR RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AT CROWN,

MARK OF ISLAM CENTER FOREHEAD, BEARD AND MOUSTACHE, POSSIBLY FALSE

FRONT TEETH,

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TWO TWO FIVE DASH FIVE FOUR DASH

THREE EIGHT NINE TWO, FBI NUMBER THREE SIX TWO: FOUR IWO FOUR E.

WRIGHT

IS CURRENTLY BEING SOUGHT AS A FEDERAL FUGITIVE FOR UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO

AVOID CONFINEMENT IN REGARD TO HIS ESCAPE ON AUGUST IWENTYTWO SEVENTY

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SECRET

FROM NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, FOLLOWING HIS CON-

VICTION FOR MURDER.

GEORGE BROWN, ALSO KNOWN AS HAROLD SINGLETON, NEGRO MALE, BORN

MARCH IWENTYEIGHT FORTYFOUR, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, SIXTYEIGHT INCHES,

ONE HUNDRED FORTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, CUT SCAR UPPER RIGHT

ARM, SOCIAL

SECURITY NUMBER ONE THREE NINE DASH THREE FOUR DASH ZERO

FOUR TWO FIVE, FBI NUMBER TWO FOUR ONE TWO EIGHT THREE E. BROWN ALSO

ESCAPED FROM NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON AUGUST TWENTYTWO SEVENTY FOLLOWING

CONVICTION FOR ARMED ROBBERY. THERE IS ALSO A FEDERAL UNLAWFUL FLIGHT

TO AVOID CONFINEMENT WARRANT OUT STANDING AGAINST BROWN.

MELVIN MC NAIR, III, NEGRO MALE, BORN OCTOBER THIRTY FORTYEIGHI,

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SEVENTYTHREE INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTYFIVE

POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER THREE EIGHT SIX

DASH SIX ZERO DASH FOUR SIX TWO.

JEAN CAROL MC NAIR, NEE ALLEN, NEGRO FEMALE, BORN OCTOBER ELEVEN :

FORTYSIX, WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, SIXI YOUR INCHES, ONE HUNDRED

THIRTY POUNDS, SOCIAL

SECURITY NUMBER THREE EIGHT SIX DASH SIX ZERO

DASH FOUR FIVE SIX ONE, HUSBAND MELVIN MC NAIR, III, CHILDREN, AYANA

SALA MO NAIR, FEMALE, BORN DECEMBER IWENTYFIVE SEVENTYONE AND JOHARI

MC NAIR (MALE) AGED APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS.

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JOYCE TILLERSON, ALSO KNOWN AS JOYCE TILLERSON BURGESS, NEGRO

FEMALE, BORN JUNE SIX FIFTYONE, SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SIXTY-

EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES,

ALLEGEDLY MARRIED TO WRIGHT UNDER THE NAME OF BURGESS, BELIEVED TO

BE PREGNANT AND HAS ONE FEMALE CHILD, KENYA ALICE TILLERSON, BORN

SEPTEMBER FIFTEEN SIXTYNINE.

ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE RESIDED AT SEVEN FOUR

SIX MANISTIQUE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

YOU WILL BE ADVISED OF PERTINENT DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP•

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