FBI wanted poster of D.B. Cooper
Posted on 11/24/2007 5:08:10 PM PST by DogByte6RER
On This Day In History
November 24, 1971
Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm
A hijacker calling himself D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession.
Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb and informing the crew that he wanted $200,000, four parachutes, and "no funny stuff." The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where authorities met Cooper's demands and evacuated most of the passengers. Cooper then demanded that the plane fly toward Mexico at a low altitude and ordered the remaining crew into the cockpit.
At 8:13 p.m., as the plane flew over the Lewis River in southwest Washington, the plane's pressure gauge recorded Cooper's jump from the aircraft. Wearing only wraparound sunglasses, a thin suit, and a raincoat, Cooper parachuted into a thunderstorm with winds in excess of 100 mph and temperatures well below zero at the 10,000-foot altitude where he began his fall. The storm prevented an immediate capture, and most authorities assumed he was killed during his apparently suicidal jump. No trace of Cooper was found during a massive search.
In 1980, an eight-year-old boy uncovered a stack of nearly $5,880 of the ransom money in the sands along the north bank of the Columbia River, five miles from Vancouver, Washington. The fate of Cooper remains a mystery...
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FBI wanted poster of D.B. Cooper
More here at the FBI website:
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/dbcooper.htm
“D.B. Cooper’s” FBI file now accessible under FOIA:
http://foia.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=/cooper_d_b/cooper_d_b_part01.pdf
More about “D.B. Cooper” at Crime Library:
“A Mystery (The story of D.B. Cooper)”
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/scams/DB_Cooper/
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FBI sketch of D.B. Cooper age progression.
Illustration of how the 727's rear airstair was used by Cooper to effect his escape. The airstair had not been designed for deployment in flight and was gravity-operated, meaning it fell open and stayed that way until the aircraft landed.
Recent coverage from November 1, 2007:
“Investigators: FBI unveils new evidence in D.B. Cooper case”
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110107INK_cooper_chute_KS.1cbb87e02.html
Thursday, November 1, 2007
BY CHRIS INGALLS / KING 5 News
SEATTLE - Skyjacker D.B. Cooper jumped from an airplane with ransom money and two parachutes.
But he also left a parachute behind on the plane. On Thursday the FBI showed it off for the first time ever in the 36-year-old cold case.
FBI agent Larry Carr unveiled evidence that’s been locked away in the FBI’s vault for most of 40 years. For the first time, he revealed D.B. Cooper’s plane ticket.
“You can see back in 1971 it was $18.52 to fly from Portland to Seattle’,” Carr said.
Cooper actually boarded under the name Dan Cooper — but it was mis-reported as D.B. — the name that’s stuck for all these years.
Carr showed one of four parachutes that Cooper demanded, along with $200,000, after hijacking the Northwest Orient passenger jet. Cooper’s jump has been romanticized as a shrewd and daring crime.
In fact — Cooper was likely an unskilled skydiver — who didn’t realize the FBI accidentally supplied him with a dummy reserve chute, one of two chutes he jumped with.
“It was basically sewn shut,” Carr said. “It was only for classroom demonstration. So he used that chute and tore the good one apart.”
The search for the man known as D.B. Cooper has gone high-tech.
The FBI hopes going public with this D.B. Cooper evidence will jog some memories — and generate some new leads.
More related/recent news:
“Investigators: FBI using DNA from tie in search for D.B. Cooper”
http://www.king5.com/localnews/investigators/stories/NW_102607INK_db_cooper_tie_TP.1aca59217.html
“Investigators: FBI looking for new leads in D.B. Cooper case”
http://www.king5.com/localnews/investigators/stories/NW_102507INK_dbcooper_KC.1a8797776.html
Thanks D.B. 6RER. ;’)
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New Video of DB Cooper Mystery and the 727 Jetliner used.
YOU TUBE Video Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtKYPr80lAs
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