A skydive over northern Queensland, Australia, turned into a nightmare scenario when a parachutist ended up dangling beneath the very plane he’d just jumped from, suspended at roughly 15,000 feet while the aircraft struggled to stay in the air.

The incident happened on September 20 during a jump run out of Tully Airport. A Cessna Caravan was carrying a pilot and 17 parachutists, planning a 16-way formation jump with one skydiver filming from the door. As the first jumper, Adrian Ferguson, moved to exit, the handle of his reserve parachute snagged on the aircraft’s wing flap, according to a final report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

The reserve chute deployed instantly and violently. Ferguson was yanked backward, his legs striking the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer

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