Two skydivers became snagged on a plane and dangled frantically mid-air before falling to their deaths, with critical safety checks overlooked before the "catastrophic" jump, a court has been told.

Experienced instructor Stephen Hoare, 37, and his tandem passenger Alex Welling, 32, died while skydiving at Goulburn airport , in southern NSW, on June 27, 2021.

SafeWork NSW has charged Goulburn Flight Training Centre and its sole director Attilio Giovanni Ferrara, also known as John Ferrara, with two counts each of breaching workplace safety duties.

Ferrara is facing a 10-day judge-alone hearing in the NSW District Court in Sydney.

A short GoPro video taken by a skydiver who was with the pair showed Welling smiling excitedly as he moved towards the open door of the plane, strapped t

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