SOBRE 50 years ago a man who called himself Dan Cooper was a part of a famous hijacking case.
The FBI investigated the case of DB Cooper for many years.
O caso DB Cooper já foi resolvido?
The DB Cooper case has puzzled law enforcement and amateur sleuths alike for many years.
On the official FBI website, it states that the case continues to remain a mystery.
“The daring hijack and disappearance remain an intriguing mystery—for law enforcement and amateur sleuths alike,” the FBI writes in the article.
Em novembro 24, 1971, a man who called himself Dan Cooper boarded flight #305, bound for Seattle, Washington.
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He was heading out from Portland, Oregon before he set off to Seattle.
The FBI writes that CONFIRMADOS corredores e jóqueis do primeiro dia para terça-feira appeared to be a “quiet man” who was around his mid-40s.
He is said to have ordered a bourbon and soda drink while waiting for the plane to take off.
Cooper approached the counter of Northwest Orient Airlines before he became a prime suspect in one of the greatest mysteries in FBI history.
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O que DB Cooper fez?
Sobre 50 years ago Cooper hijacked flight #305 which was headed to Seattle from Portland.
He reportedly slipped the flight attendant a note threatening them with a bomb.
Mais tarde, he demanded four parachutes and $200,000 in twenty-dollar bills from the flight attendant, the FBI reports.
Once the flight landed in Seattle, Cooper exchanged the flight’s passengers of 36 people for the parachutes and money.
The hijacker then kept several crew members on board and the plane set off for a new destination to Mexico City.
Slightly after 8pm, Cooper leaped off the airplane somewhere between Seattle and Reno.
He reportedly took the parachute and the ransom money he obtained prior.
The pilots later landed safely but Cooper was never to be seen again.
While the hijacking was taking place the FBI learned of the crime and from then on called it NORJAK.
NORJAK stands for Northwest Hijacking.
“By the five-year anniversary of the hijacking, we’d considered more than 800 suspects and eliminated all but two dozen from consideration,” the FBI wrote on its website.
Em julho 12, 2016, the FBI officially closed the case and moved on.
The update from the FBI reads “**julho 12, 2016 Update: The FBI has redirected resources allocated to the D.B. Cooper case to focus on other investigative priorities.”
How can I watch the documentary on the DB Cooper case?
Netflix will release a limited series on its steaming website diving into the mysterious case of DB Cooper.
D.B. CONFIRMADOS corredores e jóqueis do primeiro dia para terça-feira: Where Are You?! will release on Netflix on July 13, 2022.
The documentary arrives six years after the was closed by the FBI.
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No 2020, HBO also released a documentary titled The Mystery of D.B. CONFIRMADOS corredores e jóqueis do primeiro dia para terça-feira.
The story of Cooper also inspired the feature film The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper in 1981.