Hijackers that Never Caught
D.B COOPER
Boeing 727 passengers traveling from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971 probably would not have expected them to be eyewitnesses to the aircraft piracy case. Not the usual case of piracy, because the culprit until now has never been found and is difficult to identify. This case is the only case of unsolved aircraft hijacking in US aviation history.
That afternoon, November 24, 1971, Portland International Airport, Oregon looked busy like a typical day. A well-dressed man in a dark suit with a clasped tie and a black eyewear was seen entering the Boeing 727 aircraft carrier Northwest Orient Airlines with flight number 305.
The skinny, aged man of about 40 years old then sits in the 18c seat, having bought a plane ticket on behalf of "Dan Cooper" for $ 20. He then lit a cigarette, ordered water and bourbon. This dark-haired man also looks like the passengers in general.
The plane then took off from Portland airport at 14.50. After a while the plane took off, Cooper called up a flight attendant named Florence Schaffner who sat nearby. The flight attendant then approached Cooper who apparently gave her a small folded note. Schaffner then just kept this little note in his pocket for thinking it was just a fad Cooper just want to get acquainted.
But how surprised was the flight attendant when Cooper called back and whispered, "Miss, you better read that article, I have a bomb." Schaffner immediately opened a note that he kept in his pocket earlier and written there:
Cooper then slowly opened his suitcase and showed the contents of his suitcase to Schaffner that eight red cylinders were connected to a red isolated cable, and a large cylinder. After closing his bag, he told the flight attendant he asked for $ 200.000.
everything should be a $ 20 shard, 4 parachutes consisting of 2 main parachutes and 2 backup parachutes, and a fuel truck that will fill the engine when the plane arrives at Seattle, Washington airport. Cooper also asked Schaffner to deliver this to the pilot.
At 17:45 the plane finally landed at Seattle Airport, after Cooper had previously been told that her request had been met. Cooper ordered the pilot to park the plane in a quiet but well-lit airport area, he also requested that all lights in the aircraft be switched off.
Northwest Operations Manager, Al Lee then went to the plane and handed the ransom that was put in the bag. The bag along with the parachute that Cooper requested was handed over by Tina Mucklow an airplane crew through the stern steps behind the plane. After the handover process was completed, Cooper allowed to evacuate all passengers except for 4 crew.
At 19:40 the plane flew back with pilot William Scott, co-pilot William Rataczak, flight attendant Tina Mucklow, and a H.E Anderson aviation technician. Unbeknownst to Cooper, two F-106 jet fighters trailed them behind. Meanwhile on the plane, Cooper ordered Tina to enter the cockpit with three other people. While entering the cockpit, Tina sees Cooper preparing to wear her parachute.
A moment later at around 20:00 the cockpit crew noticed that the indicator light was on, indicating that the rear door of the plane had opened. Around 22:15 the plane arrived in Reno, Nevada. Police and FBI immediately surrounded the plane and checked into the plane. But they could not find Cooper.
Cooper or D.B Cooper has not been seen since that day. Massive searches have been done over and over again, but nothing works. Who exactly is Cooper, his true identity, to this day still leaves a mystery. Cooper seemed to have been lost in the earth. Cooper is even one of the most mysterious people in the world.
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Cooper actually parachuted into a thunderstorm. During the thunderstorm, at the altitude the plane was, the wind speed exceeded 100 mph and the temperature was well below zero. His whereabouts are indeed a greeat mystery.