Queensland, Dec. 12 -- In a shocking incident, an Australian skydiver's parachute caught on the plane's tail, leaving him dangling from the aircraft above ground until he managed to free himself with a knife.

According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the aircraft took off from Tully, Queensland, on September 20 with one pilot and 17 parachutists, who were to do a 16-way formation jump from 15,000 feet.

However, while the parachutists were climbing out of the plane, one of them was stuck after their reserve parachute snagged on the plane's tail, inadvertently damaging it.

He remained hanging from the tailplane until after he took out a hook knife to cut into the snagged parachute.

"Carrying a hook knife - although it ...