NW 305
24 Nov 1971 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsD.B. COOPER — NORTHWEST ORIENT FLIGHT 305
Boeing 727-100 · Northwest Orient · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Skyjacker parachuted out with $200,000 — never found
Aft airstair
Ransom negotiation
Skyjacking-era security
Aircraft
Boeing 727-100
Northwest Orient
Route
Portland (PDX), USA
→ Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), USA
People
42 on board
All survived
Date
24 Nov 1971
Flight crew
Captain: William Scott
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
A man in a business suit took $200,000 in ransom, ordered the aft stairs lowered, and jumped into the night. Aviation's only unsolved hijacking.