What we are going to talk about today is an event that happened in the United States. Perfect crime? The FBI in the United States has been tracking this case for decades, but so far it has not been able to bring the suspect to justice, or to lock a clear criminal suspect. From this point of view, even if the story has not been told, I believe everyone has already felt that this criminal is definitely a very, very high IQ person.
This happened the day before Thanksgiving in 1971. At 2: 5 this afternoon, there is a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland to Seattle, which takes about 3 minutes. A very legendary case in American history happened on this plane.
at that time, there were 6 crew members and 36 passengers on the plane. One of the passengers got on the plane and sat in the last row of the plane. In fact, the seat he is sitting in is quite special, because the seat next to him is specially set up for the crew.
Later, according to the introduction of the crew who met this man, he was wearing a coat, a hat and a briefcase. Later, after the plane took off, the man ordered a whisky and a soda, and lit a cigarette, looking like a gentleman enjoying his journey time. In fact, in the United States in the 197s, almost all the people who could fly were relatively rich, so the flight attendants at that time didn't feel anything special.
Later, the man conveniently handed a folded note to the stewardess sitting next to him. In fact, in the United States at that time, the requirements for selecting flight attendants were still very high, so flight attendants were all beautiful women. It is not uncommon for male passengers to flirt with flight attendants occasionally, so the flight attendant didn't care too much at that time, thinking that it was a note with a phone number on it, so he put it in his coat pocket. But at this moment, the man whispered to the stewardess:? You'd better read the note. I have a bomb. ?
when the stewardess heard him say this, she became wary. She quickly took out a piece of paper and read it, which read:? I have a bomb. ? At this time, the man opened his briefcase and showed it to the flight attendant. According to the stewardess's description, at that time, she saw a lot of wires twisted into a ball in the briefcase, and there were some columnar things and things like batteries. Seeing this scene, the flight attendant thought it might really be a bomb.
at this time, the man spoke again: You don't have to be nervous, just convey my request to the captain. ? What are his demands? It turns out that he wants 1 thousand 2-dollar bills, and he wants to put the money in a bag, in addition to four manual parachutes. He also stressed that it must be ready before 5 o'clock, otherwise it will not be allowed to land. He also promised that he would release all passengers as soon as he received money and parachutes. At the same time, he also warned that if he played tricks, he would blow up the plane immediately.
The stewardess thought he was not joking, so she quickly told the captain about it. The captain did not dare to delay when he heard the flight attendant's description, so he quickly contacted the ground and told the ground about the male passenger's request.
after receiving this information, the ground immediately called the police. After understanding the situation, the FBI decided to promise the robbers' conditions first in order to ensure the safety of passengers. So he quickly prepared cash and parachutes according to his requirements.
In fact, the plane arrived in Seattle 3 minutes after taking off. Because the ground has been preparing cash and parachutes, of course, it takes a lot of time to catch him after landing. When everything is ready, the time has reached 5: 24. Therefore, the plane has been hovering over Seattle airport for almost two hours without landing.
the crew explained to the passengers on the plane that there was something wrong with the plane and it could not land for the time being, but it could be repaired soon. Please be patient. When the crew said this, the passengers didn't doubt it, so everyone didn't know that the plane was hijacked until the last landing.