THE REAL AIRPLANE HEIST

At 2:00 pm on November 24, 1971, a man purchased a single line coach ticket on the northwest airlines of Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington. He paid in cash and reported his name was "Dan Cooper". The only luggage he wore was a case of attachment. Once the plane was in flight, he presented a note to Florence Shaffner, a hostess of the aircraft, who had a little famous at first, while the hostess was sometimes slipped from telephone numbers by passenger’s masculine. At one point, Cooper discreetly stated that Shaffner "Miss, you'd better take a look at this note," who said he had a bomb in his holster.

Cooper has opened his case to accentuate by hand to reveal dynamite and ordered her to share the note to the captain, but for her and other members of the crew not to broadcast an alarm; To act relaxed and behave as if nothing was out of the ordinary. The note also ordered the captain to divert the plane in Seattle, that the pilots did, informing the control of the air traffic of the diversion.

However, they told the passengers that they turned away due to mechanical failure. Cooper also asked four parachutes (two front packs and two back records) and $ 200,000 in cash, requesting that the aircraft do not complete until the requests are fulfilled.

The FBI has gathered the money from the ransom. Each bill has been photographed and serial numbers have been recorded. Cooper insisted that the aircraft be immediately warmed on the landing in Seattle. He wanted the plane to stay on the track and not to be taxed at the terminal. He did not want any of the released passengers until his requests are fulfilled. At 17:43, the plane landed at Seattle Airport. The plane was parked in a region far from the field.

While the passengers have gathered around, they never suspected they were diverted until they are on Terra Firma when they were interviewed by the FBI (for composite information on Cooper). Once in the field, an FBI agent took the money and parachutes to one of the edge agents, who then took the articles to Cooper. Nobody knew that one of the parachutes was defective. The FBI was worried about wanting to use the falls to take hostages.

Finally, he ordered the flight members to release passengers but continued to keep the captain and one of the captive attendants. The plane left the terminal at 7:37 pm, from Seattle to Mexico at a height of 10,000 feet and a speed of 200 mph. He agreed to stop to refuelling the plane in Reno, Nevada. He also asked to have the rear stairwell.

However, the plane could not fly in the sky by opening the rear end of the aircraft, so it was not done. Around 8:10 pm on the Lewis River, in the south of Washington, Cooper opened the rear exit door in flight and jumped with the money, with no visible protective gear and only a parachute in darkness. He, money and parachutes have never been again.

To date, this is the only sky not resolved in the history of aviation. The FBI thoroughly investigated the case, chasing several potential and suspicious customers. The stranger D.B Cooper was the only single person who hijacked the plane in the history of aviation. No one could find a trace of him or locate any of the stolen traceable troops.

In November 1978, a plastic signal of a Boeing 727 was discovered in the forest near the rescue area. Fifteen months later, on February 10, 1980, some of the cash marked were dredged at the clay near the Columbia River, twenty-five kilometers of its apparent jump point. These tracks suggest to some who cooperate in the forest or landed in Columbia and drowned. However, others believe in the coldness and planning of him that he actually survived and escaped with one of the most daring crimes of the twentieth century.

Some believe that he would not have been able to navigate the difficult terrain in which he landed, especially if he was injured and had only a business suit. However, some have suggested that he may have been wearing more suitable clothes underneath, that would have helped him.

There have been several theories as to who really Cooper was. A suspect was Richard McCoy, who kidnapped a plane in April 1972. He extorted $ 500,000, but was arrested during his attempt at him. After he escaped from prison several months later, he was killed in a battle of arms with the FBI. Due to the similarities in crimes and their photos, some believe that McCoy and Cooper are one in it.

When the unresolved mysteries re-examined the case, they had a new compound made of Cooper. Working with a new forensic artist, they gave Florence Schaffner, the stewardess who gave him the note, the opportunity to recommend a new resemblance. Most Americans who heard the voice of him said he had a western medium accent. It was also believed that due to the demand for Cooper parachute and the escape of him that man was a military veteran, he probably certified as a parachutist.

Bottom line:

The reports in 2011 have said that the FBI has focused on a new suspect, a man with the name of Lynn Doyle Cooper who died in 1999. Due to the lack of potential customers, the FBI closed its research on the case in 2016. However, since then, there have still been new potential and possible suspicious customers identified, including Robert Rurstraw and Walter RECA. The FBI has not a comment on these individuals. Hence the mystery is unresolved