2 1 2 On 24th
A Can you solve
the mystery? Narrative tenses
The pictures represent a true story from 1971. Can you guess the story?
Read the story and check your answer to 1. What do you think happens next?
Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau November 1971, a man
bought a plane ticket from Portland to Seattle in the USA. He was wearing a dark suit, a black tie and a black coat, and he was carrying a black briefcase. He gave his name as Dan Cooper. Cooper boarded the plane, ordered a drink and smoked a cigarette. The plane took off at 14.50.
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A flight attendant called Florence Schaffner was walking down the aisle when Cooper passed her a note. The note read ‘I have a bomb in my briefcase. I will use it if necessary. I am hijacking the plane’. He opened his briefcase and showed her something that looked like a bomb. He then told her that he wanted $200,000 in cash, four parachutes and a fuel truck waiting in Seattle. She took the instructions to the pilot. When she returned, Cooper was
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wearing sunglasses. Schaffner described Cooper as ‘calm, polite and well-spoken’. He even ordered a second drink and told Schaffner to keep the change.
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At 17.39, nearly an hour later than scheduled, the plane landed at Seattle Airport. The manager of the airport, wearing normal clothes instead of a uniform, approached the plane and gave Cooper the parachutes and a bag full of cash. In exchange, Cooper released all the passengers but kept the crew on the plane. While
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workers were refuelling the plane, Cooper explained his new flight plans to the crew. He told them to fly south-east towards Mexico City at the slowest speed possible. They agreed to stop at Reno Airport to refuel.
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The plane took off at 19.40 and Cooper told all the crew to go into the cockpit. As the flight attendant left Cooper, she noticed he was tying something around his waist. Outside it was dark and stormy.
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Washington D. C. A TLANTIC Godthab ARCTIC Greenlan
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