Category: Heists & Robberies

D.B. Cooper’s Hijacking of Flight 305

Artist's renderings of what D.B. Cooper looked like, based on witness descriptions

HIJACKING: On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, a man identifying himself as “Dan Cooper” entered the airport in Portland, Oregon. He purchased a $20 airline ticket for the 2:45 PM flight to Seattle, Washington. The aircraft was a Boeing 727, designated Flight 305. There were no mandatory security checks on domestic flights back in

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