What was meant to be a highlight of an Australian air show —16 skydivers in formation, jumping from 15,000 feet — went terribly wrong just as the cameraman and first skydiver stepped out of the door over Tully Airport in Far North Queensland.

A reserve parachute deployed by mistake, knocking the camera operator into free fall and flinging the skydiver into the plane's stabilizer on the wing.

Dramatic video of the Sept. 20 incident was released Thursday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. In its final report , the agency found the handle on the reserve parachute snagged on the airplane's wing flap, causing it to deploy.

While dangling below the Cessna, the skydiver used a hook knife to saw through the lines of the reserve chute one by one, until it finally broke free. But ther

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