A skydiving trip in Australia took a harrowing turn when one person’s parachute became entangled in the tail of the plane, stranding them at 15,000 feet. The aircraft, a Cessna 208 Caravan, was ...
Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 4,500 meters (15,000 feet). The ...
A skydiver broke free and ultimately survived after his reserve parachute accidentally deployed and got stuck on the tail of an airplane as it was soaring through the sky. The Australian Transport ...
The skydiver cut themselves free before descending into freefall and managing to release their main parachute Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...
Video released by Australia’s transport safety agency on Thursday shows the harrowing moment when a skydiver’s parachute was caught on the tail of an airplane before a jump in September. According to ...
A parachutist in Queensland, Australia, survived by cutting the chute free at 15,000 feet when a reserve parachute accidentally deployed, according to a government report. By Amanda Holpuch A skydiver ...
U.S. and German paratroopers conduct a static line jump from a USAF C-130J Super Hercules out of Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The re-certification jump, over the Alzey Drop Zone was part of Operation ...
SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. (WNYT)- National Grid is using helicopters for transmission line maintenance in Schaghticoke, they say, for greater efficiency. Related: Tamara Tries National Grid Career Day The ...
WASHINGTON — As of October 1, 2025, Soldiers who qualify for hazardous duty incentive pay (HDIP) for parachute duty are now receiving $200 a month for static line jumps, a $50 increase from the former ...
UPDATE (10:00 p.m.): News 5 spoke to several Mobile residents following the announcement that Carnival Valor will return to the Port City for year-round service in 2027. “I think it’ll be awesome for ...
A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them. Inspired by Kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper into ...