The rising cost of housing across the Western Slope is forcing people to relocate, downsize and leave jobs, even in small, rural communities such as Parachute and Battlement Mesa. This trend has drawn ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A BASE jumper was safely rescued after he was seen dangling precariously from a cliff wall in the Kane Creek Area of Moab, Utah. The 43-year-old man crashed into the wall around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, ...

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 ...

"The successful completion of this test marks another significant step toward qualifying the parachute system for human spaceflight." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...