Title:
The hijacking of American Flight 119 : how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it
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Publication Date:
2023
2024
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
©2024
Physical Description:
xiii, 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (some color) : photographs ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780197695753
Abstract:
Beginning in 1968 a wave of airline hijackings swept across the skies over America. There were nearly 150 hijackings of U.S. commercial flight over the next five years. The most audacious of these air pirates were the parachute hijackers, starting with 'D.B. Cooper' and ending with the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 119, the most daring of them all. John Wigger's gripping account of this period is based on fresh interviews and first-hand accounts from FBI agents, flight attendants, pilots, and passengers who were swept up in the heist and the hunt for the hijacker.
Contents:
PART I. The heist. The hijacking -- Sharon Wetherley -- David Spellman -- The friendly skies -- Heinrick von George -- The money -- Mohawk Airlines Flight 452 -- The pilots -- The parachutes -- D.B. Cooper -- Tom Parker -- Richard McCoy -- The switch -- David Hanley -- Cadillac impact -- The Boeing 727 -- Snipers -- Chase planes -- A short history of parachuting -- Wheels up -- The jump -- PART II. The chase. The call -- Dead or alive -- Peru, Indiana -- Nowhere man -- The sketch -- Survivors -- The money, the guns, and the pants -- Show me the money -- Tell me your name -- The parachute -- The tip -- A life of crime -- The plan -- A ride home -- The informant -- Fingerprints -- The arrest -- Evidence -- Fallout -- Hijacker's heaven -- PART III. Connecting flights. How it began -- Take me to Cuba -- Anywhere but here -- Hijack house -- Security -- Ransoms -- A means of escape -- The trial -- Prison break -- Finding D.B. Cooper -- Arrivals.
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English
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