The phased-deployment model for the kind of parachute that saved a father and his teenaged daughter this past weekend over Long Island. This illustration is from the presentation of the prestigious ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — On Friday morning, crews removed the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Brandon on Thursday. Two people on the plane walked away from the wreckage with only ...

SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) — A small plane carrying three people had to deploy its parachute and make an emergency landing in rural Sutter County, authorities say. The plane landed in a rice field near the ...

When JAXA's Kounotori (white stork) 6 left for the ISS, it was carrying a small parachute called "Exo-Brake" with it. Exo-Brake was designed to give small satellites and payloads a way to return back ...

Unlike a lot of crash landings, the small single-engine plane that floated down into the garden of a home in England miraculously killed no one. The pilot, a 76-year-old man from London, was able to ...

The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a Palatka neighborhood Tuesday deployed parachutes attached to the aircraft to ease the impact, according to authorities. David Ross Thomas, 62, suffered ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. The pilot, Louis Obergh, and his daughter Rachel in front of the ...

A small plane in central Florida crash-landed Thursday with the use of a parachute, leaving both of its occupants alive.Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to multiple 911 calls from individuals ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. The phased-deployment model for the kind of parachute that saved a ...