45 years had to pass for the FBI to decide to end the investigation.More than four decades to give up.For the first time in the history of the United States, the kidnapping of a commercial plane would not be resolved by that federal investigations office.D.B.Cooper - as identified by the sole responsible for taking hostages - it would be like this in history.
The news that the kidnapping of Northwest Airlines was stopped by the kidnapping of Northwest Airlines was known Wednesday, after the FBI issued a statement in which it gave an account of all the information that compiled unsuccessfully since November 24, 1971.It was the longest and most exhaustive expertise in the history of that official agency.And the only one in which they had to surrender.
"El 8 de julio, el FBI decidió redireccionar los recursos dedicados al casoD.B.Cooper to focus on other research priorities.Durante los 45 años de pericias, el FBI revisó exhaustivamente las pistas creíbles, coordinó la tarea de múltiples oficiales en búsquedas, recolectó toda evidencia a disposición y entrevistó a todos los testigos identificados. Las pruebas obtenidas a lo largo de estos años serán preservadas para propósitos históricos en el Cuartel General del FBI en WashingtonDC", indica el comunicado.
En la tarde del 24 de noviembre de ese año, un hombre llamadoD.B.Cooper bought a first leg from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington state.Paid in cash and waited for the call to embark.In full flight, he ordered one of the hostesses a bourbon with soda, ice and gave him a note in which he said he had a bomb.The kidnapping began.Cooper showed a little Attaché and inside you could see red and blue cables, a clock and an alleged explosive mechanism.The woman believed her.
Fulfilled the following order indicated by the kidnapper.He took a short note to the 305 flight captain in which his demand could be read.It consisted of something simple and even credible: four parachutes and $ 200,000 in $ 20 tickets.
At night, upon arriving in Seattle, Cooper had achieved what he intended and fulfilled part of the agreement.He released 36 passengers, but ordered the commander to take off to Mexico City.Once in flight, a short distance from the journey somewhere between the game and reinde.It was 8 pm on November 24 and nothing would be known about him.D.B.Cooper had disappeared forever.
The theories that were imagined were the most varied.Desde que debía ser un paracaidista experto y con carrera militar, hasta que el secuestro tuvo que ser efectuado por alguien con poca idea de lo que estaba haciendo, debido al riesgo que corría al saltar desde un avión comercial.
The legend about Cooper grew without stopping.Even a journalist from The Washington Post compared him to Robin Hood, given the risky maneuver he made to avoid the authorities and that there were no victims among his kidnapped, which enraged FBI.
Who commanded the investigation was Ralph Himmelsbach.Durante años siguió cientos de pistas, entrevistó a decenas interminables de personas, recibió miles de cartas y llamados telefónicos.All were important for him, but many of them - the majority - were false.Durante estas más de cuatro décadas, poco ha cambiado.Except when a package was found with about 5.800 dollars in tickets of 20, in poor condition, which coincided with the series that had been given to the kidnapper.
The belief of many of those who followed the case is that Cooper never survived the jump.The parachute he received was not one of the most sophisticated.I could not guide it.In theory "landed" in the middle of the forest, dressed in suit and with leather shoes, in the middle of winter and at night.How to survive?
In 45 years, the FBI used the technology that science offered him to try to determine the place where this mysterious man had fallen.However, traces were never traces of Cooper's body, in case he died.Not even with the help of satellites in a certain area of Nevada.
"Although the FBI will no longer actively investigate this case, if new physical evidence emerged - related to the parachute or money taken by the kidnapper - they must contact their local FBI office,".
