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A pilot had to make significant control inputs to maintain level flight after a skydiver’s reserve parachute became snagged on the tail of the plane.

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 skydiver, Adrian Ferguson, used a hook knife to cut himself free and sustained minor leg injuries during the incident on Sept. 20 that began at Tully Airport in Queensland state. The pilot and 16 other parachutists on board the Cessna Caravan that day were not hurt.

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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau released the video with its report on i

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