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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – A plane crash in Chesterfield on Tuesday could have ended in tragedy — but a built-in parachute system saved the pilot ...

A California family survived a plane crash with only minor injuries by deploying a parachute system. The plane's engine lost power five minutes after takeoff, officials said. The parachute opened ...

Another successful Cirrus parachute pull has been captured on video, this time when a father and daughter floated to safety after a loss of engine power over Long Island on Saturday afternoon. The ...

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 ...

DULUTH, Minn. & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus (Cirrus Aircraft Ltd.) today announced the new SR Series G7+ featuring Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland by Garmin®, the world’s first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ballistic Parachute Recovery System (BPRS) is a fancy name for a parachute attached to an aircraft that can save lives when ...

Cirrus is well-known for its safety feature of a parachute that can help get a crashing plane or jet to the ground more gently, sparing lives. Now, those parachute also line duffel bags, overnighters, ...