‘The Hijacking of American Flight 119’ Review: Take the Money and Jump

‘The Hijacking of American Flight 119’ Review: Take the Money and Jump

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D.B. Cooper belongs in the pantheon of American desperados—a Jesse James or Billy the Kid for our times. On Nov. 24, 1971, Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 as it was en route to Seattle. He threatened to blow up the plane with a homemade bomb, and he demanded $200,000 and…

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