D.B. COOPER

About this episode

The episode explores the infamous hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 by D.B. Cooper on Thanksgiving Eve in 1971.

November 24, 1971, and Dan Cooper sits onboard the Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, during a cold Thanksgiving Eve. It is about 3pm and Cooper orders a bourbon and soda, paying in cash and while doing so, passes a note to the flight attendant. The attendant casually puts the note in her pocket without reading the content suspecting it to be the phone number of a businessman of whom she has drawn attention. Upon sighting she hasn’t read the note, Cooper politely states; “Miss....

Topics covered

• D.B. Cooper
• airplane hijacking
• unsolved mysteries

Keywords

• hijacking
• mystery
• Thanksgiving
• Northwest Orient Airlines

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the Northwest Orient Airlines

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