Reno–Tahoe International Airport is a public and military airport three miles southeast of downtown Reno, in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It is the state's second busiest commercial airport a
Reno–Tahoe International Airport 16 L photo Don Ramey Logan
Terminal interior as seen in 2014
The airport features slot machines at the gates
On November 24, 1971, an unidentified man using the alias Dan Cooper, subsequently known as D. B. Cooper, hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft flying from Portland, Ore
Reno–Tahoe International Airport
…Boeing 727 landed at the airport with the aft airstair still deployed after the aircraft had been hijacked by an unidentified man who is only known as D.B. Cooper. The aircraft had been hijacked by Cooper between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington earlier that day. After landing in Seattle, the passengers…
A 1972 FBI composite drawing of Dan Cooper
N467US, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, seen in 1972
Boeing 727 with the aft airstair open
Crew of Flight 305, upon landing in Reno, from left to right: Captain William Scott, co-pilot Bill Rataczak, flight attendant Tina Mucklow, and flight engineer Harold E. Anderson