The Mysterious Disappearance of DB Cooper: The Skyjacker Who Parachuted from a Plane November 24, 1971, the eve of Thanksgiving… Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, en route from Portland to Seattle, witnessed one of the most daring and mysterious skyjacking incidents in history. A man calling himself “Dan Cooper” boarded the plane and claimed to be carrying a bomb, demanding $200,000 in ransom and 4 parachutes. After his demands were met, the plane took off again, and Cooper disappeared into the misty sky by parachuting from the plane.
Since that day, neither Cooper’s identity nor his whereabouts have been discovered. Despite years of investigation by the FBI, only a few clues could be found: a sum of money found on the banks of the Columbia River in 1980, and speculations about Cooper’s descent route. However, this information only deepened the mystery rather than solving it. Who was this man? How could he plan so masterfully? And most importantly, did he really manage to escape? The story of DB Cooper continues to be one of the greatest unknowns of modern history.
