Horror as parachute plunges into the sea during skydive

Sunbathers watched in horror as a parachute plunged into the sea before a first-time skydiver landed safely on the beach with a back-up chute. 

Jack Boscher and his girlfriend Taylah Dean, from Melbourne, were skydiving for the first time for his 21st birthday present in Coolangatta, Queensland.

When Mr Boscher’s instructor – attached to his back – pulled their parachute, it became twisted and wouldn’t deploy properly.

Jack Boscher and his girlfriend Taylah Dean, from Melbourne, were skydiving for the first time for his 21st birthday present in Coolangatta, Queensland

As the pair hurtled towards the ground, instructor Jatre Campion yelled: ‘We need to use the reserve’ before cutting the chute loose and pulling the back up. Pictured: The safe landing

As the pair hurtled towards the ground, instructor Jatre Campion yelled: ‘We need to use the reserve’ before cutting the chute loose and pulling the back up.

Ms Dean’s mother Jenny watched in horror from the beach as she saw the first chute fall into the sea.

‘I’ve never seen anything like that. It was very stressful to see the chute coming down,’ she told 7 News.

‘It was just all twisted, the twisted chute, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, oh my God’.’

Mr Bsocher said of the moment the chute failed to deploy: ‘I could feel him kicking his legs behind me trying to untwist us and I sort of had an idea of what was happening.’

He said remained calm throughout and joked ‘I’d better not tell mum’. 

It is only the seventh time Mr Campion has had to pull the reserve in 7,000 dives. 

It is only the seventh time Mr Campion (pictured) has had to pull the reserve in 7,000 dives

Ms Dean’s mother Jenny watched in horror from the beach as she saw the first chute fall into the sea