A small plane crashed at Ojo Santa Fe Resort & Spa shortly after taking off on Friday on a Taos-bound flight. Miraculously, no one was injured, and aviation experts believe the plane's safety features ...

Ballistic parachute recovery systems are designed to save lives, but their presence at an accident site introduces hidden risks that can threaten first responders long after impact. These rocket ...

French investigators believe use of a ballistic-recovery parachute in an emergency should be emphasised – and even simulated – prior to flight, following an analysis of accidents in which such systems ...

US company Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) is to provide a parachute for around $40,000 for the Italian aerospace research center, CIRA’s, balloon dropped transonic flight tests using its unmanned ...

Special 04.01.23 Parody Edition: The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane Ballistic Parachute Recovery System (BPRS) developed by Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS). The system, ...

WASHINGTON -- Canadian rancher Albert Kolk's small plane banked uncontrollably in darkness over the Monashee mountains, then began spiraling toward earth. "Seat belts!" he barked to his teenage ...