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 recent spate of air accidents globally has once again triggered doubts about the safety of air travel. Let's begin by dispelling these fears; statistically, flying remains the safest form of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In January 1972, a Yugoslav Airlines flight broke apart midair over Czechoslovakia, scattering debris across a snow-covered ...