The hijacking of American Flight 119: How DB Cooper inspired a hijacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it
Written by John Wigger
Reported by T. Ryder Smith
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
He committed what some consider the crime of the century: hijacking a commercial airliner, collecting a $200,000 ransom, parachuting down the rear stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, “DB Cooper” – no one knows his real name or identity – has become a figure of enduring fascination and obsession. The FBI pursued him for over forty years, before closing the case and leaving it unsolved.
Unresolved, perhaps, but much admired. DB Cooper's exploit in the skies of the American northwest has inspired books, films and endless speculation. What is less known is that he inspired imitators. None were more daring than the hijacker of American Flight 119. After commandeering the St. Louis flight with a machine gun and collecting $502,500 in ransom, he parachuted over Indiana . Unlike Cooper, he was found.
In The Hijacking of American Flight 119, John Wigger explores the wave of hijackings that swept through commercial flights between 1961 and 1972. A hijacker flew across the ramp in Reno, Nevada, with a pillowcase on the head, weapon in hand, to seize a plane. United Airlines flight.
Another collected a large ransom in Washington, D.C., before jumping over Honduras. Yet another crossed the tarmac on a bicycle with a rifle strapped to the handlebars.
The motivations involved a mix of ideology, greed, courage and a desperate need to be noticed. What they had in common was that their exploits captured the nation's attention, sparking a transformation in aviation safety that remains relevant today.
Focusing on the paratrooper hijackers, Wigger's book brings together the stories of this period of daring crime and tells them in a captivating way, showing their effects on the public, the media, and law enforcement. Using interviews and previously unpublished testimonies, he brings to life one of the most chaotic and fascinating periods in the history of American aviation.
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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS
Buy on Google Play Books https://g.co/booksYT/AQAAAEASEBxQHM
French language
Publisher: RB Media
Published on: November 1, 2023
ISBN: 9798890597106
Duration: 9h 53m
Genres: History/Military/Aviation & Space, History/US/General
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