Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 4,500 meters (15,000 feet). The ...

Video released by Australia’s transport safety agency on Thursday shows the harrowing moment when a skydiver’s parachute was caught on the tail of an airplane before a jump in September. According to ...

A skydiver had a miraculous escape after his parachute became caught on a plane’s wing while 15,000ft up in the air. Dramatic footage captured the moment the jump went horribly wrong, seconds after ...

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