infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoD. B. Cooper - Unidentified man, who hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971. Parachuted into the night with $200,000 ransom from the plane. Never been found or conclusively identified.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkD. B. Cooper - Unidentified man, who hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971. Parachuted into the night with $200,000 ransom from the plane. Never been found or conclusively identified.en.wikipedia.orginfeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareBwaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMy theory: the parachute they gave him was packed to not open. He’s impacted several feet into the ground somewhere.
minus-squareDrRatso@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHe asked for four, two main and two backup. Of those one backup was non-functioning and the other was supposedly possibly by him to carry the money. He asked for two sets specifically to imply a hostage might be jumping with him, to negate the option of parachute tampering.
My theory: the parachute they gave him was packed to not open. He’s impacted several feet into the ground somewhere.
He asked for four, two main and two backup. Of those one backup was non-functioning and the other was supposedly possibly by him to carry the money.
He asked for two sets specifically to imply a hostage might be jumping with him, to negate the option of parachute tampering.