{"id":5890813,"date":"2026-07-17T09:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/db-cooper-northwest-305-hijacking-1971-unsolved\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:15:47","slug":"dirottamento-del-volo-northwest-305-del-1971-da-parte-di-db-cooper-caso-irrisolto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/db-cooper-northwest-305-hijacking-1971-unsolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Il dirottatore che si \u00e8 lanciato nel vuoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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He gave his name as Dan Cooper. A few hours later he would step out of the back of a Boeing 727 into a freezing night sky with $200,000 strapped to his body &mdash; and vanish so completely that, half a century on, no one knows who he was or whether he lived.<\/p><p>It is the only unsolved commercial hijacking in American history, and the most tantalising mystery in the story of flight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.03em\">QUICK FACTS<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">24 November 1971<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Flight<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Northwest Orient 305, Portland to Seattle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Boeing 727-100<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Alias<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">&ldquo;Dan Cooper&rdquo; (the press turned it into &ldquo;D.B.&rdquo;)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Ransom<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">$200,000 in $20 bills, plus four parachutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>The escape<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Jumped from the rear airstair in flight, over Washington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Status<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Never identified; FBI closed the case in 2016<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A bomb, a note, and a drink<\/h2><p>Cooper looked utterly ordinary &mdash; mid-forties, dark suit, black tie, white shirt. He ordered a bourbon and soda as the aircraft waited to take off. Then, shortly after three o&rsquo;clock, he handed a note to flight attendant Florence Schaffner. When she slipped it into her pocket unread, he leaned over and told her quietly to look at it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;I have a bomb in my briefcase.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>&ldquo;Dan Cooper&rdquo;<\/strong> &mdash; The note handed to a flight attendant, 24 November 1971<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>He opened a cheap attach\u00e9 case just far enough to show her a tangle of wires and red-coloured sticks, and dictated his demands: four parachutes and two hundred thousand dollars in twenty-dollar bills. When the 727 landed in Seattle, he calmly traded the 36 passengers for the money and the chutes, kept a few crew members aboard, and ordered the aircraft back into the air, bound for Mexico City &mdash; low and slow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6c\/Northwest_Boeing_727_airstair_%281975%29.jpg\" alt=\"A Northwest Boeing 727 with its rear airstair lowered\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The 727&rsquo;s rear airstair, which could be lowered in flight \u2014 Cooper&rsquo;s escape route. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TWFN32gwwuw\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-8px\">The FBI&rsquo;s account of the hijacking and manhunt.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Into the night<\/h2><p>Somewhere over the dark forests of southwest Washington, a little after eight in the evening, Cooper did the almost unthinkable. He lowered the aft airstair of the moving jet, and with two of the four parachutes and the bag of cash, he jumped.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;He jumped out of the back of the plane with a parachute and the ransom money&hellip; Cooper had disappeared into the night and his ultimate fate remains a mystery to this day.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/strong> &mdash; From its case file on the hijacking<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The 727 landed safely at Reno at 10:15 p.m. Cooper, the money, and two parachutes were gone. The FBI opened a sprawling investigation it codenamed NORJAK, interviewed hundreds of people and, within five years, had weighed more than 800 suspects. None could be proven to be Cooper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ef\/Money_stolen_by_D._B._Cooper.jpg\/1280px-Money_stolen_by_D._B._Cooper.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the ransom money recovered in 1980\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Part of the ransom \u2014 $5,800 in decayed $20 bills \u2014 found by a boy on the Columbia River in 1980, serial numbers matching. Photo: FBI \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The clue in the river<\/h2><p>For nine years, there was nothing. Then in 1980 a young boy digging on a sandy bank of the Columbia River unearthed a rotting package of twenty-dollar bills &mdash; $5,800 in all &mdash; and the serial numbers matched the ransom exactly. It was the only physical trace of the money ever found, and it deepened the mystery rather than solving it. How did it get there? Did Cooper survive at all?<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Perhaps Cooper didn&rsquo;t survive his jump&hellip; he had jumped into a wooded area at night \u2014 a dangerous proposition for a seasoned pro, which evidence suggests Cooper was not.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/strong> &mdash; On whether the hijacker survived<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The FBI formally closed its active investigation in 2016, no closer to a name than it had been in 1971. Cooper did leave one legacy in the sky: after his escape, the Boeing 727 fleet was fitted with a device &mdash; the &ldquo;Cooper vane&rdquo; &mdash; that makes it impossible to lower the rear airstair in flight, so no one could ever repeat his trick. The man himself simply stepped into the dark and became a legend. Somewhere out there, the rest of the money may still be waiting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fy170NrEjfc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-8px\">The only hijacking America never solved.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpl4XAiRN2A\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-8px\">The enduring mystery of D.B. Cooper.<\/p><p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#555\">Sources: Federal Bureau of Investigation; Britannica; History.com.<\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>Who was D.B. Cooper?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">An unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 on 24 November 1971, extorted $200,000 and four parachutes, and then jumped from the rear airstair of a Boeing 727 in flight over Washington state. He gave his name as Dan Cooper; the press turned it into D.B. Cooper.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How did the D.B. Cooper hijacking work?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">He handed a note to flight attendant Florence Schaffner saying he had a bomb, showed her a case containing wires and red sticks, and demanded four parachutes and $200,000 in twenty-dollar bills. At Seattle he exchanged the 36 passengers for the money and the parachutes, kept some crew aboard, and ordered the aircraft to fly on toward Mexico City, low and slow.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How did he escape?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">By lowering the aft airstair of the Boeing 727 in flight, a feature that model uniquely allowed, and jumping into the dark somewhere over the forests of southwest Washington a little after eight in the evening, with two parachutes and the cash. The aircraft landed at Reno at 10:15 p.m. with Cooper gone.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Was D.B. Cooper ever caught?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">No. The FBI ran an investigation codenamed NORJAK, interviewed hundreds of people and weighed more than 800 suspects within five years. Nobody could be proven to be Cooper. The Bureau formally closed the case in 2016.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did D.B. Cooper survive the jump?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Nobody knows. He jumped at night, in freezing conditions, over heavily forested terrain, without proper equipment for it. No body was ever found, and neither was most of the money.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Is this the only unsolved hijacking in American history?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">It is the only unsolved commercial hijacking in American history, which is a large part of why the case has held public attention for more than half a century.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Who was D.B. Cooper?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"An unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 on 24 November 1971, extorted $200,000 and four parachutes, and then jumped from the rear airstair of a Boeing 727 in flight over Washington state. He gave his name as Dan Cooper; the press turned it into D.B. 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