The Infamous Skyjacking- D.B Cooper
A man buys a $20 plane ticket with cash. Thirty minutes later, the flight crew is handing him parachutes and $200,000 cash. Then… he disappears. No gun. No struggle. Just a calm voice, a rear stairway, and a case that has haunted the FBI ever since.
This week, we take you inside the unraveling of one of the boldest escapes in aviation history.
Sources Used
FBI Case Files and Archived Reports on the Cooper Investigation
Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray
D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy by Bernie Rhodes and Russell Calame
FBI.gov Official 2016 Closure Statement
Witness interviews…
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