DELTA AIRLINES JET HIJACKING
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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DELTA AIRLINES JET HIJACKING

08/03/1972

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SUBJECTS

HIJACKERS

DELTA AIRLINES

CLASSTEICATON UNCLASSIFIED

POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

07/13/93

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTIO!: TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FEDERAL

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

AIRCRAFT PIRACY REGARDING IHE JULY THIRTYONE LAST HIJACKING OF DELIA

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

LANDED IN ALGERIA:

GEORGE EWARD URIENT, ALSO KUN AS LARRY DARVEL, EURGESS, MEREA

MALE, BORN MAPCH TWENTYNINE 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 IWO FOUR TWO FOUR E. WRIGHT

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

AVOID CONFINEMENT IN REGARD TO HIS ESCAPE ON AUGUST TWENTYTWO SEVENTY

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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, SIXIYEIGHI 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

CONVICIION FOR ARMED ROBBERY. THERE IS ALSO A FEDERAL UNLAWFUL FLIGHI

TO AVOID CONFINEMENT WARRANT OUTSTANDING AGAINST BROWN.

MELVIN MC NAIR, III, NEGRO MALE, BORN OCTOBER THIRTY FORTYE IGHT,

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SEVENT YTHREE INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SEVENIYFIVE

• 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, NORIH CAROLINA, SIXTYFOUR 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 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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DELTA AIR LINES JET HIJACKERS

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION ANDOR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FEDERAL

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

AIRCRAFT PIRACY REGARDING THE JULY THIRTYONE LASI HIJACKING OF DELIA

AIR LIVES FLIGHT EIGHT FOUR ONE OVER ORLANDO, FLORIDA, WHICH ULTIMAIELY

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, SEVENTYTWO 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 TEEIN, 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 SOUGHI AS A FEDERAL FUGITIVE FOR UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO

AVOID CONFINEMENT IN REGARD TO HIS ESCAPE ON AUGUST IWENTYIWO SEVENTY

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RECORD NUMBER : 104-10063-10155

RECORD

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER

80T01357A

DOCUMENT

INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI

: FBI, ACTING DIRECTOR

TO : CIA, DIRECTOR

TITLE : DELTA AIRLINES JET HIJACKING

: 08/03/1972

PAGES

SUBJECTS : HIJACKERS

DELTA AIRLINES

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

: UNCLASSIFIED

RESTRICTIONS

: POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

COMMENTS : JFK1O : F2

IN FULL, - 2/16/94• ARRB

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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 DELTA

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

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, 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 TEEIM,

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 TWENTYTWO SEVENTY

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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 TWENIYEIGHT FORTYFOUR, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, SIXIYEIGHT INCHESS

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 IWENTYTWO SEVENTY FOLLOWING

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

TO AVOID CONFINEMENT WARRANT OUT STANDING AGAINST BROWN.

MELVIN MC NAIR,. III, NEGRO MALE, BORN OCTOBER THIRTY FORT YEIGHI,

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SEVENT YT HREE 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, SIXTYFOUR INCHES, ONE HUNDRED

THIRTY POUNDS, SOCIAL

SECURITY NUMBER THREE EIGHT SIX DASH SIX ZERO

wort

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

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

MC NAIP (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 MAS ONE FEMALE CHILD, KENYA ALICE TILLERSON, BORN

SEPTEMBER FIFTEEN SIXTYNINE.

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

SIX MANIST IQUE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

YOU WILL BE ADVISED OF PERTINENT DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP•

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