The pilot-in-charge then told air traffic control that Crooks exited the plane without a parachute. The plane made an emergency landing at RDU, and Crooks' body was later found. The pilot-in ...

Dramatic video captures a small plane carrying six people — including a 3-year-old and a newborn — floating safely to the ground in Brazil after the pilot deployed an onboard parachute during ...

The death of a pilot ... parachute. Earlier, the pilots had been ferrying skydivers when their plane “dropped” and its landing gear struck a runway, the report says. Crooks declared an ...

The plane took off around 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25 and a few minutes later the pilot deployed a parachute, floated down and landed safely in a retention pond following an emergency. Shortly after ...

The co-pilot, identified as Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was not wearing a parachute, Wake County emergency management spokesperson Darshan Patel said at a Friday evening news conference. Authorities ...

The pilot-in-command took over controls from Crooks, reached over 400 feet again and directed him to declare an emergency and request a diversion to Raleigh-Durham International Airport for ...

Palm Bay pilot Timothy Borrup descends inside a Cirrus Vision Jet SF50 after he deployed an emergency parachute system Friday in the skies near Indianapolis. Shortly after takeoff Friday morning ...

“His co-pilot jumped out without the parachute so he might have impact to the ground”, they added. Darshan Patel, the Wake County Emergency Management Chief of Operations, said that the first ...

(WAFB) - A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a pond in Gonzales ... Witnesses on the scene said the pilot deployed a parachute, and the plane made a gentle touchdown in the water.

"The pilot ejected from the aircraft ... to the injuries because of the failed parachute deployment," said Acker. "This was a mid-flight emergency that occurred," he said. "Something happened ...

Respected Calgary glider pilot died after parachute failure in mid-flight emergency But the incident report said parachuting "is a complex activity that requires co-ordinated actions in extreme ...