On November 24, 1971, a man known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane headed from Portland to Seattle, collected a $200,000 ransom, and then simply vanished into thin air. A man who called himself Dan Cooper bought a one-way plane ticket from Portland to Seattle. During the flight Cooper flagged down a flight attendant, and handed her a piece of paper. The flight attendant slipped the note into her pocket without reading it, when Cooper leaned forward and said “Miss you’d better look at that note. I have a b0mb” The note read: “I have a b0mb in my briefcase. I want you to sit next to me.” The flight attendant sat down next to Cooper and asked to see the b0mb. Calmly, Cooper opened the briefcase. Inside there was a tangle of wires, a battery, and red-colored sticks that looked like dynamite. “I want $200,000 by 5:00 p.m. In cash. Put in a knapsack. I want two back parachutes and two front parachutes. When we land, I want a fuel truck ready to refuel. No funny stuff or I’ll do the job.” Shortly after the pilot was alerted, he announced to passengers that they would have to circle for a while due to engine troubles and invited passengers to move toward the front of the plane. As the plane circled in the air for about two hours, officials on the ground scrambled to satisfy D.B. Cooper’s demands. After receiving the money and parachutes D.B. Cooper released the 36 passengers and two crew members. He then told the pilot he wanted to fly to Mexico City. During the flight a warning light flashed in the cockpit, notifying them that the rear airstairs had been lowered. About 15 minutes later, the crew members noticed a sudden upward motion from the back of the plane. The temperature dropped and the crew huddled together for nearly two hours. Upon landing in Reno around 10:15 p.m., the plane was immediately surrounded by the local police and the FBI. They entered the plane and conducted a search but there was no sign of D.B. Cooper or the stolen money. Authorities were convinced that the hijacker could not have exited the plane on the ground without anyone seeing him. Over 53 years the identity of D.B Cooper was never discovered and little evidence of the man appeared. In 1980, $5,880 of the ransom money was found near Portland and remains the main piece of evidence found outside the plane. On the plane D.B. Cooper had left behind two of the parachutes and his black clip-on tie. #fyp #truecrimeanimated #truecrime - @truecrimeanimated