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TIL that in the year following the famous DB Cooper hijacking at least 14 copycat hijackers tried to reenact the ploy by hijacking Boeing 727 aircraft and demanding ransom and parachutes. Some successfully jumped out but all were captured within days, were shot or surrendered sooner or later.

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