Cirrus Airframe Parachute System

Det har vært en spektakulær nødlanding med fallskjerm i Norge også.  Det var i Sirdal for tre år siden. 4 mann ble reddet av dette systemet.
Bildet her er fra Tønsberg Blad:

Cirrus Aircraft parachute 'saves' are increasing

Pilot Jeff Ippoliti suspects April 10, 2004, would have been his final day on the planet if it weren't for CAPS, the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System that returned him to the ground unscathed after a frightful flight.




Publicity about the successful deployment of Dr. Richard McGlauphlin's Cirrus parachute in the Bahamas in January 2010 might have been a turning point in Cirrus pilots' awareness of the need to use their chutes. McGlauphlin and his daughter survived the plunge into the ocean off Andros Island.

Minnesota survivor
Pilot Jeff Ippoliti suspects April 10, 2004, would have been his final day on the planet if it weren't for CAPS, the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System that returned him to the ground unscathed after a frightful flight.
He's one of 69 people saved, to date, by the unique whole-plane parachute system that comes standard on every airplane that rolls off Cirrus Aircraft's production line in Duluth.

Another 188 people have perished in fatal Cirrus crashes, however. And the vast majority of those deaths probably could have been avoided with a simple pull of the handle that triggers the emergency chute, according to Bill King, the company's vice president of business administration.
Cirrus carefully reviews all fatal accidents, and King said it appears that in about two-thirds there are nearly identical corollaries where a pilot pulled the handle, brought a plane safely to Earth and walked away from the scene.

"I can't begin to describe the absolute frustration we feel, realizing that the outcome of an incident should have been a cell phone call home saying, 'Honey, I'm going to be late for dinner,' instead of a sheriff knocking at the door," King said. "It's extremely frustrating to see families in absolute agony and crisis for no good reason."

But the winds appear to be shifting.
Cirrus chalked up a record-breaking six parachute saves in 2012 and already has put two more in the books this year.