A shocking footage released on Thursday by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane’s tail.

The skydiver survived the incident, which occurred south of Cairns during a stunt in September, but this has only now been disclosed following investigations by the transport safety watchdog.

Plans for a 16-way formation by parachutists at 15,000 feet (4,600 metres), filmed by a parachuting camera operator, descended into chaos within seconds of the first participant reaching the plane’s exit.

NEW: Skydiver’s parachute gets caught on the tail of a plane, leaving him dangling 15,000 feet in the air over North Queensland, Australia.As the parachutist climbed out of the plane, his reserve parachute

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