Duluth-made Cirrus jets deploy parachutes in recent emergencies

DULUTH — Chalk up another first for Cirrus Aircraft.

The Duluth-based manufacturer was the first company in the world to build a personal jet standard equipped with a whole-plane parachute. And this year, that system has finally been put to a real-world unsimulated test, including a day-after-Thanksgiving save near Indianapolis, Indiana.

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