Over the weekend, the Gilliam Airport in Louisiana reported a skydiver missing at approximately 1:30 p.m. after he failed to return to the dropzone. Air and rescue teams from North Caddo Medical ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration's failure to notify Capitol Police about a parachute stunt at a nearby baseball stadium led to an alert and urgent evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, ...

A man who jumped off a high-rise apartment tower in San Diego died when his parachute apparently failed to deploy, California police told news sources. A 911 caller reported hearing a “loud pop” like ...

Twenty-one year old Shayna Richardson was making her first solo skydive in Siloam Springs, Ark., in October when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn't fully deploy. She was falling at ...

“I can climb down, but I'm going to have to ungear. It's going to be sketchy,” Johnni Dijulius told his friends after landing 50 feet above ground. A base jumper is lucky to be alive after ...

A skydiving instructor critically injured during a tandem jump with a customer on Saturday has died, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports. The instructor, whose name hasn't been released, was hurt ...

Despite a parachute failure, NASA officials say the experimental Ares I-X rocket performed as well or better than computer modeling predicted during its six-minute test flight. Bill Harwood has been ...