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The Associated Press
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Published: Wed, April 02, 2008 - 10:21 am
Last Updated: Wed, April 02, 2008 - 10:36 am
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - The man who packed the parachutes usedby an airplane hijacker in 1971 says there's no way that a chute
that was found recently was one of the ones he packed.
Earl Cossey says the parachute found about a month ago by some children along a dirt road was made of silk and dates back to around 1945. He says the chutes used by the man known as D.B. Cooper when he jumped out of a jet headed for Mexico in November 1971 were made of nylon.
Cooper's fate has been the subject of speculation and a motion picture">major motion picture, with many experts insisting he could not have survived the jump after bailing out near the Oregon line.
The FBI says the matter remains under investigation.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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