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British Army medics have parachuted onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British national with suspected hantavirus.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

He also lied to an FAA investigator, claiming to have parachuted out of the plane only because he could not identify a safe place to land.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2023

“In many ways,” Schiff writes of Brattle, “he seemed to have parachuted into 1692 from another century altogether.”

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2015

Since then, over 1,300 Mennonites have parachuted into the city.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2013

They have parachuted out of Air Force transports, clattered to landing zones aboard Chinook helicopters and roared over the countryside in Bradley fighting vehicles.

From Time Magazine Archive