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A skydiver broke free and ultimately survived after his reserve parachute accidentally deployed and got stuck on the tail of an airplane as it was soaring through the sky. The Australian Transport ...

A parachutist in Queensland, Australia, survived by cutting the chute free at 15,000 feet when a reserve parachute accidentally deployed, according to a government report. By Amanda Holpuch A skydiver ...

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 ...

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The skydiver cut themselves free before descending into freefall and managing to release their main parachute Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...