A man hijacked an airliner. After negotiations with authorities, he ordered the pilot of the plane to land at a certain airport to pick up a package containing $1 million (in $100 dollar bills) and two parachutes. After the items were received, the plane then, again, took to the air and flew on.
Why did the hijacker demand two parachutes?
scenario.1.
he got the pilot to set the aeroplane to fly on auto pilot n a zig zag course and then out over the ocean and crash when it ran out of fuel, he needed 2 parachutes 1 for the pilot and 1 for himself, he got the pilot to bail out first in the middle of nowhere giving himself time to bail out later, the pilot wouldn't know when and where the hijacker bailed out with the money so making it a lot harder for the authorities to narrow down it's search area for him.
scenario 2.
he asked for 2 parachutes so the authorities wouldn't tamper with them not knowing the reason for the 2nd it might of been for the pilot so they'd have no way of knowing which would be used by the hijacker and which by the pilot so couldn't run the risk of killing the pilot with a tampered chute, so it was just a security precaution on the hijackers part.
This guy only asked for $1million.
@ Terry – Hardly seems likely that he would deliberately splash a multi-million dollar airliner after receiving his modest payoff.
Since this is an airliner, there are likely other passengers or staff who could be forced to jump.
In this day and age of GPS, creating two locations for the authorities to search may increase the hijackers chance of escape.
The hijacker knows that the pilot will be radioing his precise GPS coordinates upon jumping.
If someone else is forced to jump, the authorities are scrambled to that location, while the hijacker departs the plane elsewhere.
Sure, a second GPS location could be reported, but resources would still be divided.
Or this could simply be a copy-cat hijacker.
I think D. B. Cooper also asked for two parachutes.
Nobody knows why but many are still trying to figure it out.
Or this criminal could be of foreign descent with poor language skills, resulting in unintentionally asking for a pair-o-chutes.
Or more likely the request was intended to cause worry and speculation, distracting from the hijacker's action of leaving the plane before it:
"again, took to the air and flew on."
The scenario doesn't say the hijacker flew on with the plane.
The authorities may have been scratching heir collective heads, while the bad-guy strolled to his car in long-term parking at the airport.
This guy only asked for $1million.
@ Terry – Hardly seems likely that he would deliberately splash a multi-million dollar airliner after receiving his modest payoff.
Since this is an airliner, there are likely other passengers or staff who could be forced to jump.
In this day and age of GPS, creating two locations for the authorities to search may increase the hijackers chance of escape.
The hijacker knows that the pilot will be radioing his precise GPS coordinates upon jumping.
If someone else is forced to jump, the authorities are scrambled to that location, while the hijacker departs the plane elsewhere.
Sure, a second GPS location could be reported, but resources would still be divided.
Or this could simply be a copy-cat hijacker.
I think D. B. Cooper also asked for two parachutes.
Nobody knows why but many are still trying to figure it out.
Or this criminal could be of foreign descent with poor language skills, resulting in unintentionally asking for a pair-o-chutes.
Or more likely the request was intended to cause worry and speculation, distracting from the hijacker's action of leaving the plane before it:
"again, took to the air and flew on."
The scenario doesn't say the hijacker flew on with the plane.
The authorities may have been scratching heir collective heads, while the bad-guy strolled to his car in long-term parking at the airport.
That's Doug for you to give you a long winded version of this
scenario.1.
he got the pilot to set the aeroplane to fly on auto pilot n a zig zag course and then out over the ocean and crash when it ran out of fuel, he needed 2 parachutes 1 for the pilot and 1 for himself, he got the pilot to bail out first in the middle of nowhere giving himself time to bail out later, the pilot wouldn't know when and where the hijacker bailed out with the money so making it a lot harder for the authorities to narrow down it's search area for him.
There was more than just a single pilot on board. There were also passengers and the copilot, as will as stewardesses.
One for the money and two for the show, wait a minuet. ! was for the money and the other was for him, shrugs shoulders.
Jimbo
A million dollars in $100 bills weighs less than 25 lbs. The parachute weighs more than that. Probably not a good idea to send it on it's own.
scenario 2.
he asked for 2 parachutes so the authorities wouldn't tamper with them not knowing the reason for the 2nd it might of been for the pilot so they'd have no way of knowing which would be used by the hijacker and which by the pilot so couldn't run the risk of killing the pilot with a tampered chute, so it was just a security precaution on the hijackers part.
That is basically correct. He asked for two 'chutes so that the authorities would suspect that he was using one for a hostage, and therefore would not "mess" with the 'chute he was going to use.
However, as Doug pointed out - with all the electronics in use today - the authorities simply put a locating "bug" in each of the parachutes, as well as the package of money, and easily found the culprit.
