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cylindrical battery. When Dan was satisfied that Florence knew he
was not kidding, he closed the case and dictated his demands for the
safety of the plane and the passengers. The demands were: $200,000
“in negotiable American currency”, 4 parachutes: 2 were
primary and the other 2 for reserve, and a fuel truck in Seattle to
refuel the plane once it arrived there.
    Florence,
went to the cockpit and told the pilot about Dan’s demands. The
pilot asked another flight attendant, Tina Mucklow to sit beside Dan
to keep an eye on him and not let him do anything that would harm the
passengers. When Florence and Tina returned, Dan Cooper was already
wearing his shades. Florence alerted the pilot of this, and also
warned the other flight attendants.
    When
the captain of the plane, William Scott, received the note from
Florence, he alerted the Northwest Orient of their situation. He
initially put the plane on hold, by flying around Seattle for over an
hour. While William navigated the plane, the officials in the
Northwest Orient contacted the authorities to raise the money.
    They
were able to accumulate $200, 000 in the form of 10,000 $20 bills.
Most of the money came from the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, that was why most of the bills had serial numbers
beginning in letter L. Most of the bills also had a designation of
“Series 1969-C”. The authorities hoped that since there
were a lot of dollar bills, Dan would have a hard time to escape.
Lastly, as an attempt to track down Cooper after the ordeal, they
photographed the money.
    Due
to the holding patterns that William did, the passengers became
confused. So as not to worry them, he said that the runway just
needed clearing but all else was under control. Finally at 5:24 pm,
the authorities signaled William that it was okay to land. The runway
had a lot of floodlights that Dan Cooper demanded the cabin lights to
be turned off.
    He
asked this because he was scared that there were snipers waiting to
be aimed at him. When the planed landed, the rolling staircase was
put down and it was Tina (the second flight attendant) who made the
trips up and down to collect the money and the parachutes.
    When
Dan was satisfied with the money and the parachute, he asked all the
passengers to leave, as well as Florence and another flight
attendant. The only ones left on the plane were William, Tina, the
co-pilot Rataczak, flight engineer Anderson, and of course, Dan. As
they refueled, Dan asked William to direct the plane to Mexico, to
which William said that they would need to refuel again in Reno,
Nevada.
    Dan
didn’t comment on that. He didn’t even ask about flight
route. During an interview after the ordeal, William said that
everything went smoothly. It was as if Dan was calm, and he didn’t
want to hurt anyone. As long as his demands were given, then nothing
would go wrong.
    At
7:40, the Boeing 727 took off again, but this time, there were two
fighter jets that tailed them from behind. One was above and one was
below-- Dan had no idea about this because he couldn’t see the
jets. After the take-off, Tina was instructed by William to stay with
them in the cockpit. Dan didn’t refuse, but Tina noticed that
he was tying something on his waist.
    At
8:00 pm, the crew noticed that the aft door was open. It was already
10:15 when the Boeing 727 landed in Reno Nevada, but Dan Cooper was
nowhere in sight. When the plane landed, police spread out outside
the plane, because they still weren’t sure if Dan had left or
not. After they searched, it was confirmed that Dan Cooper was no
longer on board. Apparently, Dan stepped out of the plane with his
parachutes and since then, he was never seen again.
    After
the hijacking, almost a thousand men became suspects. Some of them
even claimed to be Dan Cooper, but later on, they were proven wrong.
One of the most prominent suspects was Richard McCoy- a Vietnam War
Veteran with great parachuting experience.
    The
FBI reiterated that Richard was