History Analyzed
History Analyzed
Mark Palmer
D.B. Cooper and the Golden Age of Skyjacking
54 minutes Posted Jan 10, 2026 at 5:00 am.
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On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper (later known as D.B. Cooper) boarded a Northwest Orient flight from Portland to Seattle. He told the flight attendant that he had a bomb and demanded $200,000 in cash and 4 parachutes. His demands were met. Over a dense forest in a rainstorm, he parachuted out of the plane with the money, was never seen again, and became a legend.