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D.B. Cooper
Status
Unsolved
Type
Missing Person
Date
November 24, 1971
Location
Seattle area, Washington
Victim Age
Unknown
Gender
Male
A man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 in 1971, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane somewhere over the Pacific Northwest. He was never identified or found. A small bundle of decomposed bills was found along the Columbia River in 1980. It remains the only unsolved commercial airline hijacking in US history.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
November 24, 1971, somewhere over the Pacific Northwest
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