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D. B. Cooper
PIRATE
1931 - 1971
D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, Cooper told a flight attendant he had a bomb, and demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,558,543.21 in 2025) and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, Cooper instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft and begin a second flight to Mexico City, with a refueling stop in Reno, Nevada. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. B. Cooper has received more than 19,474,472 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). D. B. Cooper is the 9th most popular pirate, the 645th most popular biography from United States (down from 573rd in 2019) and the most popular American Pirate.
D.B. Cooper is most famous for being the only person to ever successfully jump out of a plane with a parachute and never be found.
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D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper
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D. B. Cooper
Unidentified airplane hijacker in 1971
D.B. Cooper
A 1972 FBI composite drawing of the hijacker
Disappeared November 24, 1971 (53 years ago) Status Missing / Unidentified Other names Dan Cooper Known for Hijacking a Boeing 727 and parachuting from the plane midflight before disappearing Criminal status At large, likely deceased Criminal charge Air piracy and violation of the Hobbs Act Capture status
Fugitive, believed dead Wanted by
FBI Wanted since November 24, 1971 (Case was closed in 2016) Website www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijackedNorthwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, Cooper told a flight attendant he had a bomb, and demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,558,543.21 in 2025) and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, Cooper instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft and begin a second flight to Mexico City, with a refueling stop in Reno, Nevada. About thirty minutes after taking off from