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Following three hijackings in 1972, Boeing 727 aircraft were ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration to be fitted with a device known as a "Cooper Vane", a mechanical aerodynamic wedge, which prevents the rear stairway from being lowered in flight.


See D. B. Cooper.

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