Pour ceux qui se demandent de quoi ça à l'air un Cirrus sous le parachute, il y a eu un déploiement ce matin sur un SR22 Turbo en Arkansas alors que le moteur a saisi alors que le pilote essayait de se rendre à un autre aéroport. Le déploiement fut fait à assez base altitude, au début du video le nez de l'avion pointe vers le bas, donc ça fait moins de 10 secondes que le parachute a été déployé. La vitesse de descente est 1 700 pieds/minute, soit environ 17 noeuds. Les sièges des Cirrus ont une structure qui s'écrase pour absorber le choc.
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"A plane piloted by former Walmart CEO Bill Simon crashed in Fayettville, Arkansas on Tuesday, KFSM reports.
Simon, 56, and two others on board — Cliff Slincard, 59, and Maurice Willis, 47 — were taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries following the crash-landing, Sgt. Craig Stout of the Fayetteville Police Department told Business Insider.
Shortly after the plane took off from Bentonville Municpal Airport, it suffered "a dramatic drop in oil pressure," Stout said.
The pilot tried to make an emergency landing at Drake Field Airport in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but as the plane was approaching, the engine failed.
The pilot deployed an emergency parachute and the aircraft descended onto Martin Luther King Boulevard in Fayetteville near Fayetteville High School.
When the plane touched ground, it collided with a 2012 GMC truck driven by Shakemia Harris. Harris was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
Simon was the the CEO of Walmart US from June 2010 to July 2014. We reached out to Walmart for comment and will update when we hear back.
The plane, a single-engine Cirrus SR22T, was originally traveling to Waco, Texas. Simon is an adjunct professor at Baylor University in Waco, according to KFSM.
KFSM also reports that the plane was registered to WG Aviation LLC, which shares an address with Simon."
-Pascal