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D.B. Cooper

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The alias used by the unidentified hijacker who extorted $200,000 from Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. His real identity has never been established. He was described as a middle-aged man, approximately 6 feet tall, in a dark suit and sunglasses.

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D.B. Cooper — Unsolved Hijacking

On November 24, 1971, a man using the alias "Dan Cooper" (later misidentified as "D.B. Cooper") hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 between Portland and Seattle, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the rear of the Boeing 727 into the Pacific Northwest night. He was never identified or found. It remains the only unsolved commercial airline hijacking in U.S. history.

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