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D. B. Cooper - Unidentified man, who hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971. Parachuted into the night with $200,000 ransom from the plane. Never been found or conclusively identified. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well he asked for 3 parachutes if I remember correctly. This gave him the opportunity to take a hostage with him and no way to guarantee who got which parachute. So it is unlikely that it was tampered with.

Now did he use it correctly who knows it still could have not opened.

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He did pick the hardest to use out of the three, the one made for combat.