[Kharis13]

He jumped from the side door of a 727. Dangerous jump with likely injury.

Cooper jumped from the rear of the plane, not the side. The "aft airstair" was lowered and that's what he jumped from. Subsequently, a device dubbed "The Cooper Vane" was implemented, which kept the aft airstairs from being lowered during flight.

He jumped from over 10,000ft, in November, in the NE, into forest, at night with no cold weather gear or oxygen. This is also known as committing suicide. Superman himself couldn’t survive that.

He knew something about aviation, thus his requirements for a lower altitude and airspeed. The oxygen, while thin, was still ample for survival. (He also jumped in the Northwest). The cold, rainy weather could've been the deciding factor in whether he lived or died. That remains to be solved. It's certainly interesting!

[oh8eleven]

Cooper jumped from the rear of the plane, not the side.
Thank you for making that correction so quickly.
It is utterly amazing the misinformation that gets posted on FR as fact.

[KevinDavis]

That is correct... However, I think he could have landed in a river and may have drowned. From what I understand, the money was traced and there was no evidence that he spent the money..

He is dead..

[Chode]

thank you...

[jettester]

All of the DC-9 derivatives after that had a special device installed that we jokingly called the “D.B. Cooper Handle” as it was designed to deter this from happening again.

[jettester]

All of the DC-9 derivatives after that had a special device installed that we jokingly called the “D.B. Cooper Handle” as it was designed to deter this from happening again.