A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State.
He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession. His brazen
crime still stands as one of the most mysterious in history.
Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb.
(L to R) Captain William Scott; First officer/copilot Robert Rataczak; flight attendant Tina Mucklow; and second
officer Harold Anderson are shown here at a news
conference in Reno, Nevada, after the arrival of Flight
305 to Reno International Airport.
FBI Special Agent Larry Carr.
Northwest Orient Flight 305’s 727 seen in the light of day.
The FBI ceased investigating America’s only unsolved airliner
hijacking in 2016. No additional loot was ever recovered and
generous cash rewards went unclaimed despite the publication
of every serial number.
FBI agent Larry Carr’s conclusion is logical. In all likelihood
the mystery man known as D.B. Cooper was killed in his jump
and his body rotted away, either on land or underwater.
Shown here are various pieces of evidence from the D.B.
Cooper skyjacking: a neck tie, receipt for a plane ticket
and money.
