On the afternoon of November 24th, 1971, a man that called himself Dan Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon. He was wearing a business suit and raincoat and was holding a briefcase. He paid $20 for his one-way ticket in cash, and it was flight #305 for Seattle, Washington on a Boeing 727. After boarding the plane, he handed the stewardess a note and told her he had a bomb. He demanded 4 parachutes and $200k and released most of the passengers but kept the pilots and some crew members. He jumped from the plane and the only evidence left behind was 8 cigarette butts, a hair on the headrest and a clip-on necktie. The FBI has closed this case and it's up to the citizen sleuths to solve the mystery of the hijacking.

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Resources:

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• Update on the murder of Earl Cossey, an analysis of his role in the DB Cooper case | The Mountain News – WA (themountainnewswa.net)
• D.B. Cooper Hijacking — FBI
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• New Netflix documentary series ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’ reexamines an infamous folk legend | The Seattle Times
• FBI — D.B. Cooper Redux

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