Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared

In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?

On the evening of 24 November 1971, Florence Schaffner, a flight attendant on a Northwest Orient flight heading to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon, was handed a note by a male passenger seated at the back of the plane. Schaffner assumed the note was a phone number - this wasn't the first time a passenger had hit on her - so she stowed it in her purse without reading it. The man leaned towards her and whispered: Miss, you'd better lookat that note. I have a bomb."

Schaffner read it: Miss - Ihave abomb in my briefcase and want you to sit by me."