Thursday, November 24, 2016

Crime History: The Mysterious D. B. Cooper Skyjacks A Plane And Skydives Into Legendary Status

D.B. Cooper is not the actual name of “D. B. Cooper.” In fact, no one knows what he’s really called or even who he really was. The moniker stems from an errant media report that arose (and stuck) after this mysterious figure purchased a Portland-to-Seattle flight ticket using the alias “Dan Cooper” on November 24, 1971 — the night before Thanksgiving.

From there, the man who would forever after be known as D. B. Cooper boarded a Northwest Orient Boeing 727. Midway through the half-hour flight, Cooper said he had a bomb on board and demanded $ 200,000 cash to not set it off.

The pilot landed, Cooper got his loot (which would be worth about $ 1.2 mi…
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“D.B. Cooper: Case Closed?” offers unprecedented perspective from the FBI, crime journalists, experts, and insiders into the baffling case of the man who, in 1971, hijacked a Northwest Orient flight, demanded 0 thousand in cash, and parachuted into the night, never to be seen again. Who is D.B. Cooper? Did he die? Did he live? And is he still out there?

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