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2 Women Critically Injured After Parachute Mishap During Tandem Skydive
A 28-year-old woman from Racine and a 49-year-old woman from Chicago sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash and were airlifted to trauma centers
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Red Bull Plane-Swap Stunt Fails as Aircraft Spirals Out of Control
Two stunt pilots were unsuccessful in completing the first mid-air plane swap after one of the aircrafts spiraled out of control and crashed. The Red Bull-sponsored event in the Arizona desert is now under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Senior Skydivers Attempt to Set World Record Above Southern California
Over 100 skydivers from across the globe and all walks of life, aged 60 to 78 years old, attempted a new world record for freefall formation in the sky.
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Woman Killed in Skydive Becomes 22nd to Die at California Center
A woman who died in a weekend parachute accident in Northern California had made thousands of previous jumps, the owner of the skydiving center said Monday.
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Aggressive Takeoff Caused Hawaii Plane Crash That Killed 11
The National Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot’s aggressive takeoff led to an aerodynamic stall, the causing the 2019 crash of a skydiving plane in Hawaii that killed all 11 people on board.
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Vermont Farmer Finds Prosthetic Leg Lost by Skydiver
An unusual case of lost property in Vermont had a happy ending, thanks to social media and an eagle-eyed farmer.