Mulholland said "pull tests" and others will be implemented "to make sure we're robust going forward." He praised the rigging team, saying "even before we got eyes on the hardware, that team on ...

Tom Hall and his daughter Elizabeth Extejt have a unique bond. They both served in the U.S. Army as parachute riggers and now both work for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) as riggers ...

Only two main parachutes deployed. Boeing's vice president for commercial crew, John Mulholland, said Thursday that the rigging was not connected properly because the pin wasn't secured in place.

CAPE CANAVERAL—Boeing’s first CST-100 Starliner Commercial Crew capsule hit all expected parameters during its debut flight test, Boeing says, while unexpectedly demonstrating parachute ...

Police did not provide a cause of death. They said the woman was “very experienced.” The FAA said they are investigating the incident, but focusing on the parachute rigging.

The parachute canopy technology used on existing manned-aircraft programmes will be pulled off the shelf with no modifications at all," said BRS engineering vice-president, Frank Hoffmann.