Talk:D. B. Cooper

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D.B. Cooper is a media epithet for an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft operated by Northwest Orient Airlines, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, the hijacker told a flight attendant he was armed with a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,338,000 in 2021), and requested four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, the hijacker instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft and begin a second flight to Mexico City, with a refueling stop in Reno, Nevada. About 30 minutes after taking off from Seattle, the hijacker opened the aircraft's aft door, deployed the staircase, and parachuted into the night over southwestern Washington. The hijacker has never been identified or found. 2603:6010:5D00:9771:A41D:2641:554B:E607 (talk) 08:42, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The above post by an IP user should probably just be removed, as it does not suggest or discuss changes to the article. If the author of the post sees this, please clarify! Nø (talk) 08:53, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Similar Hijacking Section
Reading through, this section really should include the year the described incidents occurred to best paint a picture of the climate of hijacking and DB Copy-cats at the time.

Right now all entries just list the date without the year. Jshuli (talk) 05:20, 15 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The opening paragraph of that section states that all of them were in 1972. SillyRyno (talk) 03:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Was he familiar with parachutes, or not?
In multiple places the article states that Cooper appeared to be unfamiliar with parachutes and skydiving, but the the profiling section states this:

"Cooper appeared to be familiar with parachutes, although his experience level is unknown. Mucklow said Cooper, '...appeared to be completely familiar with the parachutes which had been furnished to him,' and told a journalist, 'Cooper put on [his] parachute as though he did so every day,' Cooper's familiarity with the military-style parachutes he was given has led to speculation that Cooper was a military parachutist and not a civilian skydiver."D.B cooper is one of the most wanted in the united states we believe that D.B cooper is not alive

This directly contradicts the assertion that he was inexperienced with parachutes and skydiving equipment. 45.48.147.50 (talk) 23:08, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * All we can do is report on what witnesses and experts say. Some of them say he acted familiar with the parachutes.  Some of them say he should have noticed that the chutes he was given had problems, and therefore he must be unfamiliar with them.
 * We can't reach into the past to decide who's right, we can only report both observations.
 * ApLundell (talk) 00:57, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * The FBI transcript makes some statements that was an experienced chutist and others that suggest the opposite:
 * He was not an experienced skydiver and most probably received his jump training in the military.
 * The hijacker is probably not a sports parachutist nor is he a member of a sport parachute club.
 * The chest pack parachute the hijacker took with him was a dummy parachute. It was designed for lectures to demonstrate to new parachutists the proper method of opening a chest pack parachute. It is felt an experienced sports parachutist would probably have noticed this defect.
 * Since Unsub did not specify a specific type of chute ..., it is felt Unsub was not an experienced jumper or even a sport jumper.
 * Fabrickator (talk) 01:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

"D. A. Cooper" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D._A._Cooper&redirect=no D. A. Cooper] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:48, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

I am DB Cooper (2022) movie
Prime video. Reference add to movie and book references. 76.135.165.25 (talk) 06:42, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Movie and book references belong on D. B. Cooper in popular culture. Fabrickator (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2024 (UTC)