A series of small "sliding doors" moments could have prevented the deaths of two skydivers, who fell after they became entangled on a plane mid-air during a catastrophic jump, a court has been told.

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, known as John Ferrara, with two counts each of breaching workplace safety duties.

A lengthy trial in the NSW District Court heard the skydivers' equipment snagged on a metal step that was recently installed on the Cessna plane.

A short GoPro video taken by a third solo skydiver was played during the trial, showing Welling smiling as he move

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