The idea seems intuitive: if something goes wrong in flight, why not deploy a giant parachute and gently lower the aircraft to the ground? We have all seen similar scenes in numerous movies and ...

A skydiver has narrowly survived a shocking accident that saw him dangling off the tail of a plane while attempting a jump ...

People were warned not to touch the red device, which contains the propellant [Greater Manchester Police] A missing part of the parachute system from a light aircraft that crashed killing two people ...

People are warned not to touch the red device, which contains the propellant [Greater Manchester Police] Police are searching for part of the parachute system from a light aircraft which crashed on to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following the crash of a US Boeing KC-135 "Stratotanker" refueling jet in Iraq on Thursday (March 12), it came to light that the ...