![]() ![]() The plane circled above the Seattle airport while police raced to get the money and parachutes. "He wanted $200,000 and four parachutes," Rataczak said. Rataczak, who lives in South Haven, had been flying commercially only six years when a man calling himself Dan Cooper - the "D.B." came from a reporter's mistake and remains today - boarded Rataczak's Boeing 727 in Portland, Ore., with 36 other passengers.Ĭooper gave a flight attendant a note that said he had a bomb. ![]() The hijacking has inspired books, a movie, annual festivals and a play by local playwright John Orlock. He was never seen again, but $5,800 of the ransom was found along the Columbia River in 1980. Rataczak, who retired Monday after 34 years with Northwest Airlines, was the co-pilot during the hijacking.Ĭooper captivated the nation when he ransomed a plane for $200,000 and then parachuted out the back over Washington state. Cooper hijacking, Northwest Airlines Capt. ![]()
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