Morgan Absher

Like he was pretty good. Absolutely. And at this point, the authorities get alerted. The pilots had called SeaTac to tell them what was going on. And SeaTac immediately called the FBI to relay the message. They were basically saying like, hey, can you bring us $200,000 in cash and four parachutes? And it kind of seems like at the time the FBI was...

essentially like no but they get everything that they need to to get so around 335 the pilot comes on the intercom in the flight and he told the 36 passengers that they were having mechanical issues and they needed to burn off some fuel and he stated that everyone should come up towards the front of the plane which i want to make a note here is a huge fear of mine on flights every time we circle you know how sometimes you have to circle before you land oh have you ever had to do the

essentially like no but they get everything that they need to to get so around 335 the pilot comes on the intercom in the flight and he told the 36 passengers that they were having mechanical issues and they needed to burn off some fuel and he stated that everyone should come up towards the front of the plane which i want to make a note here is a huge fear of mine on flights every time we circle you know how sometimes you have to circle before you land oh have you ever had to do the

essentially like no but they get everything that they need to to get so around 335 the pilot comes on the intercom in the flight and he told the 36 passengers that they were having mechanical issues and they needed to burn off some fuel and he stated that everyone should come up towards the front of the plane which i want to make a note here is a huge fear of mine on flights every time we circle you know how sometimes you have to circle before you land oh have you ever had to do the

Yeah. Nope. I'm always I always think back to this case and I'm like, they know something we don't know. Like the pilot got a message that something is wrong. The plane is going to burn up and they're just not telling us. That's what they were doing to these people on this flight.

Yeah. Nope. I'm always I always think back to this case and I'm like, they know something we don't know. Like the pilot got a message that something is wrong. The plane is going to burn up and they're just not telling us. That's what they were doing to these people on this flight.

Yeah. Nope. I'm always I always think back to this case and I'm like, they know something we don't know. Like the pilot got a message that something is wrong. The plane is going to burn up and they're just not telling us. That's what they were doing to these people on this flight.

Yeah. Which like good on them, because in actuality, all the people at SeaTac were scrambling to get this money together and the parachutes. So basically, Flight 305 was just circling as a way to buy time so they could get everything that they needed.

Yeah. Which like good on them, because in actuality, all the people at SeaTac were scrambling to get this money together and the parachutes. So basically, Flight 305 was just circling as a way to buy time so they could get everything that they needed.

Yeah. Which like good on them, because in actuality, all the people at SeaTac were scrambling to get this money together and the parachutes. So basically, Flight 305 was just circling as a way to buy time so they could get everything that they needed.

Really smart. So while Cooper demanded four parachutes, it wasn't necessarily an easy task for them to gather all of them. But the manager of SeaTac Airport knew someone who actually agreed to give them four chutes. But amidst the chaos of everything that was going on, they accidentally handed over a dummy reserve chute. So this is the kind that's used during training.

Really smart. So while Cooper demanded four parachutes, it wasn't necessarily an easy task for them to gather all of them. But the manager of SeaTac Airport knew someone who actually agreed to give them four chutes. But amidst the chaos of everything that was going on, they accidentally handed over a dummy reserve chute. So this is the kind that's used during training.

Really smart. So while Cooper demanded four parachutes, it wasn't necessarily an easy task for them to gather all of them. But the manager of SeaTac Airport knew someone who actually agreed to give them four chutes. But amidst the chaos of everything that was going on, they accidentally handed over a dummy reserve chute. So this is the kind that's used during training.

The main canopy of it is sewn shut. So these chutes are always marked with a big X because you have to know that this is not the right chute. You cannot mix these parachutes up. So how they ended up getting one of those on the plane is still kind of beyond me.

The main canopy of it is sewn shut. So these chutes are always marked with a big X because you have to know that this is not the right chute. You cannot mix these parachutes up. So how they ended up getting one of those on the plane is still kind of beyond me.

The main canopy of it is sewn shut. So these chutes are always marked with a big X because you have to know that this is not the right chute. You cannot mix these parachutes up. So how they ended up getting one of those on the plane is still kind of beyond me.

But the plane ended up circling for three and a half hours while they were scrambling to get the chutes, get the money, get everything before it finally landed.

But the plane ended up circling for three and a half hours while they were scrambling to get the chutes, get the money, get everything before it finally landed.

But the plane ended up circling for three and a half hours while they were scrambling to get the chutes, get the money, get everything before it finally landed.

Yeah, that's a good point, actually, because usually on those small flights, right, you don't fully fuel up.