Skydiver survives after reserve parachute accidentally deploys, leaving him dangling from flying airplane

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A skydiver broke escaped and yet survived aft his reserve parachute accidentally deployed and got stuck connected the process of an airplane arsenic it was soaring done the sky. 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau explained that the "reserve grip snagged connected the aircraft's flap, resulting successful deployment of the reserve parachute."

Video footage of the harrowing incidental — which occurred successful September — shows the parachute deploying, with the antheral flying into the aircraft's process and past dangling from the level due to the fact that the chute got stuck.

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Two skydivers exit a bluish  craft  arsenic  an orangish  reserve parachute deploys supra  scattered clouds and gets caught connected  the airplane's wing.

A skydiver’s reserve parachute accidentally deployed successful Australia. (Australian Transport Safety Bureau via Storyful)

"The reserve parachute wrapped astir the near horizontal stabiliser and elevator and deflated as" the skydiver's "lower legs struck the stabiliser," the ATSB noted, adding that the idiosyncratic "was past suspended beneath the tailplane."

The idiosyncratic was capable to utilize a hook weapon to chopped parachute lines.

"The reserve parachute past tore, releasing" the idiosyncratic "from the craft with portion of the reserve remaining connected the aircraft’s tail," the ATSB study notes.

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A skydiver drifts beneath   a partially opened orangish  reserve parachute that is caught connected  the aircraft's wing.

A skydiver's reserve chute catches onto the aircraft, leaving him dangling successful the air. (Australian Transport Safety Bureau via Storyful)

After breaking escaped of the aircraft, the skydiver was capable to deploy the main parachute and onshore — though not without facing immoderate complications.

The ATSB study states that "during the main parachute deployment, the remaining reserve parachute lines twisted astir the main parachute lines. Additionally, during the opening sequence, the close brake toggle of the main parachute released."

"The main parachute afloat inflated with enactment twists, and aft initially turning right, commenced a accelerated near turn. After respective rotations," the skydiver "grabbed and pulled connected the close brake enactment supra the enactment twists to apprehension the turn. The parachute stopped turning, and" the idiosyncratic "was capable to unwind the enactment twists and merchandise the near brake toggle. Passing astir 8,000 ft, the main parachute lines afloat unwound from the reserve parachute lines and functioned usually for the remainder of the descent."

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A skydiver grips parachute lines arsenic  an orangish  reserve canopy inflates against a wide   bluish  sky.

The skydiver managed to usage a hook weapon to sever the lines of the mistakenly deployed reserve chute. (Australian Transport Safety Bureau via Storyful)

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The aviator managed to onshore the damaged airplane, according to the ATSB, which noted that the skydiver "landed 9 seconds aboriginal with insignificant lacerations and bruising to their near little limb and a heavy gash to their close little leg."

Alex Nitzberg is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.

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