Even the name is part of the myth. Initial media reports incorrectly said the man called himself D.B. Cooper, and the name stuck as the legend grew. Cut to the chase: Cooper eventually lowered the ...

It seems far-fetched, yet it grabs our attention. Such is the human fascination with mystery and myth.

DB Cooper was a plane hijacker who vanished with a whopping $200,000 after holding everyone on the aircraft hostage. Decades after his airborne crime, the FBI has opened Cooper’s case after a ...

The discovery of a parachute possibly linked to D.B. Cooper, the unidentified man who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight in the 1970s, has reignited the FBI's investigation. Cooper ...

Media reports this week revealed that the FBI has reopened an investigation into notorious hijacker D.B. Cooper. A backpack found in an outbuilding on a North Carolina property has led to renewed ...