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By Siddharth RSPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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Before you begin to read the below incident , please be informed that it is based on a true event!

The D.B. Cooper incident refers to the unsolved hijacking of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971. The hijacker, who identified himself as Dan Cooper but is commonly referred to as D.B. Cooper, extorted $200,000 in ransom from the airline before jumping from the plane over the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen or heard from again.

The incident began when Cooper, a middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie, purchased a one-way ticket to Seattle under the name Dan Cooper. During the flight, he passed a note to a flight attendant demanding $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and a fuel truck standing by in Seattle. The airline and authorities agreed to his demands and the plane landed in Seattle where Cooper received the money and the parachutes. He then allowed all of the passengers to leave the plane, but kept the flight crew as hostages.

Cooper then ordered the plane to take off towards Mexico City, but somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada, he jumped out of the rear of the plane using a parachute. Despite an extensive search and investigation, no trace of Cooper or the money was ever found.

The D.B. Cooper case is considered one of the most famous unsolved crimes in American history and has generated a great deal of speculation and numerous theories about his identity and whereabouts. The FBI conducted an extensive investigation, but despite several leads, they were never able to identify or capture the hijacker. The case was officially closed in 2016, but the agency stated that they would still consider credible leads.

Theories about the identity of D.B. Cooper range from him being a skilled military paratrooper to a mental health patient with suicidal tendencies. Some people have even claimed to be D.B. Cooper, but none of the claims have been substantiated.

In 1980, a young boy on vacation discovered a small amount of money along the Columbia River, which was believed to be part of the ransom money, but the bills were so deteriorated that they could not be linked to the Cooper case. In 2007, an Oregon man named Kenneth Christiansen was named as a suspect in the case by his sister-in-law, but the FBI found no evidence linking him to the crime.

The D.B. Cooper incident continues to be a source of fascination for many, with books, articles, and even a television series being produced about the case. However, the identity of D.B. Cooper remains a mystery and the case remains open.

The D.B. Cooper hijacking has become a cultural phenomenon and has inspired many works of fiction and non-fiction, songs, and even a movie. The case has become one of the longest and most expensive investigations in the history of the FBI. However, despite all the effort, the identity and whereabouts of D.B. Cooper remain a mystery to this day. The case is still open and the FBI continues to investigate any credible leads that come in. The D.B. Cooper case is one of the most intriguing and mysterious unsolved crimes of the 20th century and continues to capture the public's imagination.

It just fascinates to even know how did someone even come up with such crazy ideas and also to execute it.

Imagine him witnessing how the cops and interpol are still trying to figure who he was and where he is now.

what do you think. Will he ever be caught for his actions?

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Siddharth RS

Hi y'all!

I'm Siddharth, from Chennai(India).

Most of my stories shared in my page consists based on true events.

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