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The Cirrus SR20 is equipped with a large parachute that can be deployed in an emergency to lower the entire aircraft to the ground.
Tower, glider - and parachute-equipped plane in Boulder crash

Three people died in Colorado after a Cirrus CR20 plane - equipped with an emergency parachute - clipped the towline of a Piper Pawnee pulling a glider. The two planes crashed while the glider pilot managed to cut loose, landing safely with his passengers. The crash site was close to Boulder Airport.

 
 
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