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from the rear of the airplane on the evening
of Nov. 24, 1971. The weather was stormy
and the hijacker was dressed in a business
suit, leading investigators to doubt he surviv-
ed the ordeal.
Cooper passed a note to the pilot, threaten-
ing to set off a bomb if his demands were not
met, shortly after the airplane took off from
Portland.
He released the passengers and two crew
members in Seattle and took four parachutes
and the $200,000 aboard. He then ordered the
airplane to Reno, Nev.
When the airplane landed in Reno, Cooper
and his loot were gone.