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Safety Agency Calls for Tighter Skydiving Flight Rules

HONOLULU — The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday called on the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten its regulations governing parachute operations after a skydiving plane in Hawaii crashed and killed all 11 people on board. The NTSB recommended to …

Skydiver Dies on Landing in California

Authorities were investigating the death of a skydiver who died after a jump in Perris – the sixth skydiving fatality at the popular Southern California locale in the past 15 months. Firefighters were called to Perris Valley Skydiving Tuesday afternoon …

No Serious Injuries in Fort Bragg, N.C. Parachute Accident

Officials at Fort Bragg say there were no serious injuries in a parachute accident earlier this week. The Fayetteville Observer reported a special operations soldier hurt Tuesday appears to have escaped serious injury. A second soldier was taken to Womack …

2 Skydivers Die in Accident Near Nevada-Ariz. Line

Officials say two skydivers died near the Nevada-Arizona border Sunday after their parachute failed to open. Police in Mesquite, Nev., say the instructor and student were on a tandem jump before noon when their main parachute failed. Mesquite police spokesman …