Have you ever been worried on a plane ride? What if that worry was a skyjacking? What would you do it you figured out that the plane you're on is being skyjacked? This is what people probably thought when Dan Cooper Skyjacked a plane. To understand the mystery of Dan Cooper, one must know the story of his skyjacking, what he left behind, and the theories about where he is now.
What was Dan Cooper like? Dan Cooper was a well dressed man that looked like a businessman. He looked to be 170-180 pounds and around 5’10’’ and 6 feet tall. Cooper had brown eyes and dark hair. No one really knew who he was, he looked like the average person. Blending in with the crowd. Cooper looked to be in his 40’s and had light brown eyes. He seemed very calm to be skyjacking a plane. “He ordered a drink—bourbon and soda—while the flight was waiting to take off.” (“D.B. Cooper Hijacking” 2) Dan Cooper blended in well with businessmen and didn’t look like a crook. …show more content…
Cooper left a tie on the plane and it was tested for DNA. no one knows exactly where he jumped and where he went, but he was near the Columbia river close to Vancouver because $5800 of it was found by a kid digging a fire pit. He gave a note that said he had a bomb in his briefcase and he ordered 200k and 4 parachutes by 5 pm is Seattle in exchange for the passengers. “While in the air, he opened his brief case showing a bomb to the flight attendant and hijacked the plane.”(Thomas G. Kaye 1) No one has attempted what Cooper did so no one knew what to
What was Dan Cooper like? Dan Cooper was a well dressed man that looked like a businessman. He looked to be 170-180 pounds and around 5’10’’ and 6 feet tall. Cooper had brown eyes and dark hair. No one really knew who he was, he looked like the average person. Blending in with the crowd. Cooper looked to be in his 40’s and had light brown eyes. He seemed very calm to be skyjacking a plane. “He ordered a drink—bourbon and soda—while the flight was waiting to take off.” (“D.B. Cooper Hijacking” 2) Dan Cooper blended in well with businessmen and didn’t look like a crook. …show more content…
Cooper left a tie on the plane and it was tested for DNA. no one knows exactly where he jumped and where he went, but he was near the Columbia river close to Vancouver because $5800 of it was found by a kid digging a fire pit. He gave a note that said he had a bomb in his briefcase and he ordered 200k and 4 parachutes by 5 pm is Seattle in exchange for the passengers. “While in the air, he opened his brief case showing a bomb to the flight attendant and hijacked the plane.”(Thomas G. Kaye 1) No one has attempted what Cooper did so no one knew what to