The Perfect Crime?

DB Cooper hijacked an aeroplane in the United States on the 24th of November 1971.

He received $200,000 in ransom money and parachuted from the plane. He was never arrested. 

In fact, he was never found, and neither was most of the money. 

The FBI continued to investigate the incident for many years. They investigated more than a thousand suspects. 

In the end, the FBI decided that Cooper hadn’t survived the jump, but many people believe that Cooper managed to escape. They would like to know what happened to him.

Cooper boarded the aeroplane in Seattle. He was wearing a black raincoat, a dark suit, a white shirt, a black tie and black sunglasses. Witnesses said that he didn’t look suspicious in any way. 

He sat at the back of the plane. After the plane had taken off, he handed a note to a flight attendant. 

The note said, “I have a bomb.” It also demanded $200,000 in cash and a parachute.

The pilot didn’t take any chances. He quickly landed at the Seattle International Airport, where Cooper was given $200,000 and the parachute that he had asked for. 

Cooper then ordered the flight crew to take the plane back into the air. 

Once the plane was back in the air, Cooper put on the parachute and tied something to his waist. 

He then ran to the door of the plane, opened it and jumped out. He was never seen again.         

At the time Cooper jumped, the plane was flying through a heavy rainstorm and it was very difficult to see anything.

That is why the jets that were instructed to follow the plane didn’t notice him when he jumped. 

Although the FBI carefully searched the area, no trace of Cooper or his parachute was ever found. 

Did he die or did he escape and commit the perfect crime? It seems we will never know.