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D.B. Cooper Hijacking
Status
Unsolved
Type
Missing Person
Date
November 24, 1971
Location
Portland to Seattle airspace, Washington
Victim Age
Unknown
Gender
Male
A man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Boeing 727, received $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane over the Pacific Northwest. He was never identified or found. A partial bundle of the ransom money was found in 1980. The FBI officially suspended active investigation in 2016 after 45 years.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
November 24, 1971, somewhere over Pacific Northwest during flight
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