DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – A parachute that softened the landing of an airplane that encountered mechanical problems saved the lives of the three men on board, an airport official said Wednesday. The ...

The preliminary report from a crash that killed two people on Oct. 19 is now available, but investigators still have questions.

A 22-year-old aspiring airline pilot with an “intense love and passion for flying” was killed in a small plane crash in ...

Among other things, US manufacturer Cirrus Aircraft is known for the fact that some of its planes, namely those from the SR series, are fitted with a ballistic parachute. This, in the event of an ...

A California couple and their two-year-old daughter survived a crash landing in their small plane last week after losing engine power and deploying the aircraft’s parachute to slow their descent into ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Three Santa Rosa residents, including a 2-year-old child, suffered only minor injuries after their small plane lost engine power and deployed an onboard parachute that floated the ...

SEFFNER, Fla. - An airplane parachute deployed as a small plane crashed into a Florida backyard last week may have saved the lives of the people on board. Witnesses caught on camera the moment a small ...

The co-pilot who jumped out of a plane mid-flight without a parachute over North Carolina on July 29 was “visibly upset” during the flight, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an initial ...