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The Night the Sky Swallowed D.B. Cooper: America's Greatest Unsolved Mystery | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Una Graham dissects the enigmatic case of D.B. Cooper, America’s only unsolved air piracy incident. On November 24, 1971, a man using the alias Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, demanding $200,000 and four parachutes before leaping from the rear airstair into the stormy night over Washington state. This narrative explores the meticulous planning, the tense moments aboard the Boeing 727, and the immediate aftermath that reshaped global aviation security forever.
We delve deep into the forensic details of the hijacking: the calm…
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