# Plane hijacking in 71 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 2, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088 "2008-01-02T08:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/1 "2008-01-02T08:01:59Z")
> **[F.B.I. Brings a Fresh Set of Eyes to a ’71 Plane Hijacking Mystery](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/us/02missing.html?em&ex=1199422800&en=8f6f012267620b48&ei=5087)** > > How did a man hijack an airliner in November 1971, then parachute in his loafers and trench coat and make off with $200,000? "CHICAGO — It is considered one of the great unsolved mysteries of American crime: how a seemingly quiet man in his mid-40s hijacked an airliner somewhere between Seattle and Reno in November 1971, then parachuted in his loafers and trench coat, making off with $200,000 in cash. F.B.I. The tie Cooper left behind and money found nine years after the 1971 hijacking. Who was he? Did he survive? After all these years, federal authorities say they still do not know, and the case lingers and vexes and fascinates as the only unsolved airplane hijacking in United States history. “It’s a mystery, frankly,” agency officials said in a December news release issued periodically to update old cases. But now, with the advantage of technologies that were not available decades ago and with newfound attention from an agent on the West Coast, the [Federal Bureau of Investigation](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has announced that the cold case is officially hot again — and the search is on for the parachuter who called himself Dan, and sometimes, D. B. Cooper." Never heard about this before… ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/2 "2008-01-02T08:12:28Z")
> [@FormulaLS1"](#): > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/us/02missing.html?em&ex=1199422800&en=8f6f012267620b48&ei=5087](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/us/02missing.html?em&ex=1199422800&en=8f6f012267620b48&ei=5087%0A) > > "CHICAGO — It is considered one of the great unsolved mysteries of American crime: how a seemingly quiet man in his mid-40s hijacked an airliner somewhere between Seattle and Reno in November 1971, then parachuted in his loafers and trench coat, making off with $200,000 in cash. F.B.I. > The tie Cooper left behind and money found nine years after the 1971 hijacking. > > Who was he? Did he survive? After all these years, federal authorities say they still do not know, and the case lingers and vexes and fascinates as the only unsolved airplane hijacking in United States history. “It’s a mystery, frankly,” agency officials said in a December news release issued periodically to update old cases. > But now, with the advantage of technologies that were not available decades ago and with newfound attention from an agent on the West Coast, the [Federal Bureau of Investigation](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has announced that the cold case is officially hot again — and the search is on for the parachuter who called himself Dan, and sometimes, D. B. Cooper." > > Never heard about this before… i watched a very interesting documentary on him once… it was a very well thought out plan. Pretty amazing. ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/3 "2008-01-02T08:13:29Z")
I am DB Cooper, I have been waiting for the right time to come clean. This is an old story/crime ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/4 "2008-01-02T08:14:51Z")
that investigator is wishing for a movie type ending ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/5 "2008-01-02T08:16:02Z")
intresting ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/6 "2008-01-02T08:16:57Z")
he’s dead. he didnt survive the jump. / thread. / story. ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/7 "2008-01-02T08:21:21Z")
eheheheh this story was one of the story in NBC’s journeyman… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/8 "2008-01-02T08:52:40Z")
> **[D. B. Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper)** > > D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. He extorted $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,210,000 in 2017) and parachuted to an uncertain fate. Despite an extensive manhunt and protracted FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or identified. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in commercial aviation history.\[... Never heard of this before. Pretty amazing story. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/9 "2008-01-02T08:54:23Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > [D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper) > > Never heard of this before. Pretty amazing story. thats cause the liberal media keeps it a seceret. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dlucas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dlucas](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dlucas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/10 "2008-01-02T08:57:50Z")
This is why they can’t lower the docking doors on the back of planes anymore. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/11 "2008-01-02T09:54:42Z")
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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/12 "2008-01-02T10:49:34Z")
its a great story ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/13 "2008-01-02T10:55:20Z")
OMG DB COOPER IS MY LANDLORD ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/14 "2008-01-02T11:05:09Z")
from the sketch he looks like james bond. ---
**Author:** ![HYBOOST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hyboost/32/5088_2.png) [@HYBOOST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYBOOST)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/15 "2008-01-02T13:07:55Z")
Made a movie of it years ago starring Treat Williams, also made mention of it a couple weeks ago it the TV series “Journey Man.” Believe it or not, I remember when It happened. Dont ask how old I am… ---
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/16 "2008-01-02T13:35:34Z")
I watched this on the history channel about 5 times. ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/17 "2008-01-02T13:38:43Z")
hahaha " without a paddle" has the story behind him. i think thats what its called. ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/18 "2008-01-02T13:50:01Z")
i watched that documentary. Pretty impressive that he knew exactly what kind of plane to hijack for what kind of jump he wanted to perform, and how he knew exactly where to jump and how high to keep the plane. Some lady came out and said that right before her husband died he told her it was him some 40 years after it happened. ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/19 "2008-03-26T05:16:37Z")
**update** [http://www.koin.com/content/news/topstories/story.aspx?content\_id=c8cdd7ec-23d8-4c3d-8dfd-b3d4851101a4](http://www.koin.com/content/news/topstories/story.aspx?content_id=c8cdd7ec-23d8-4c3d-8dfd-b3d4851101a4) ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088/20 "2008-03-26T05:34:01Z")
god you guys are young [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plane-hijacking-in-71/41088.md?page=2)