This seems very impressive. I'm not sure they had any option for a non-parachute landing site.
Planes with parachutes? New to me. Neat.
From the wiki: achieving certification in October 1998, and as of 2022 was the only aircraft ballistic parachute used as standard equipment by an aviation company.
I wonder how much these cost and how expensive it is to restuff it. Though not dying is obviously worth the cost.
CAPS is a really great system that has probably saved hundreds of lives: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Airframe_Parachute_Sy...
Perfect planes for rich doctors and lawyers that can afford to replace planes not to become better pilots
Wow, it wasn't a Boeing! /s
As of 10 March 2024 there have been 128 saves with 263 survivors in aircraft equipped with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), mainly the SR22 aircraft. Details of each deployment are published at the link below.
https://www.cirruspilots.org/Safety/CAPS-Event-History
The CAPS ballistic parachute system was also certified for the Cirrus Vision Jet SF50 in 1998, and was pulled for the first time in 2022.
The SF50 crash-landed in an alligator infested Florida swamp/lake near Orlando that has popular airboat tours. Everyone survived.
https://www.flyingmag.com/cirrus-vision-jet-pilot-pulls-chut...