Mystery Parachute May Have Belonged to D.B Cooper

A decades-old mystery may be closer to being solved, thanks to a parachute that was found in Clark County. The parachute is currently being analyzed at an FBI lab in Seattle, in hopes it might be connected to D.B. Cooper. The case of Cooper, who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines plane in 1971 with $200,000 ransom, only to abandon the plane via parachute over Washington state, has long fascinated Washington residents and the FBI, alike.

A parachute matching the description used by Cooper was unearthed in Clark County after a field had been recently plowed. The property owner's children found the parachute and as soon as it was recognized as such, the man called the FBI. The FBI are especially interested in the find, because it was found between two small towns, Ariel and Amboy, near the center of the original jump zone. FBI Agents hope to match a label found on a reserve chute left behind by Cooper.

Sketch of D.B. Cooper courtesy of the FBI

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By Abbey in News on March 26, 2008 9:00 AM

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ozmafan

it's a bit more complicated than that, and quite a fascinating/mysterious story. he actually told the flight crew that he had a bomb and used that to scare them in to meeting his demands, which included $200,000 and some parachutes.

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Db_cooper

Troy Morris

The world may never know....

The 70's were a crazy time.

Charles

The case of Cooper, who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines plane in 1971 with $200,000 ransom...

Wait, so he hijacked the plane using $200,000. Did he threaten to hit people with bricks of money or with the briefcase he had it in?

If he had that much money, why'd he need to hijack a plane in the first place? Seems he'd be able to just buy a ticket to wherever he wanted to go with all that money?