SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist

# DB Cooper: The Skyjacking That Started It All

In this live episode recorded in Seattle, Josh and Chuck dive into one of America's most enduring mysteries: the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 by a man using the alias Dan Cooper (later dubbed DB Cooper by the press). They explore how Cooper calmly boarded a plane in Portland with a homemade bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom and parachutes, and then vanished into the night by jumping from the rear stairs of a Boeing 727—becoming the only unsolved case of air piracy in commercial aviation history. The episode covers Cooper's meticulous planning, his surprisingly polite demeanor throughout the ordeal, and the fascinating details that have captivated investigators and amateur sleuths for decades.