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Why is this case unsolved
Even though this case had over 1000 suspects Cooper was never found. One of the most popular theories of the case it that Cooper did not survive the jump. Some evidence to back up that claim is that Cooper jumped with two parachutes and one of those was a training chute and was sewn shut, the other was a military chute and was not steerable. FBI agent Larry Carr commented on the case, "No experienced parachutist would have jumped in the pitch-black night, in the rain, with a 200 mile an hour wind in his face, wearing loafers and a trench coat". However, multiple people have confessed of being Cooper on their deathbeds. The most famous suspect of this case is a man named Richard Floyd McCoy. After the heist McCoy was arrested for hijacking an airplane in almost the exact same way Cooper did. They both hijacked the plane and parachuted off, jumped from the rear of a boeing 727, requested 4 parachutes, they both ;were calm during their heist, and passed a note with the exact saying on it, "No funny stuff". The FBI called the search for Cooper one of the longest and most exhaustive investigations in its history. In 2011 the FBI case file measured 40ft long. The case was open for 45 years until the FBI finally closed it in 2016.
A part of the note Cooper
wrote to the flight attendant