Skydive escape

DANISH police say a small plane with an entangled skydiver hanging under the aircraft for about an hour was able to land safely and the jumper sustained just bruises.

Police said the Cessna 182 landed on foam spread out by firefighters to cushion a grassy area at an airfield near Holstebro, 300km north-west of Copenhagen.

Pilot Leif Johannsen said he had failed to cut the static line attached at one end to the aircraft and at the other end to the top of the jumper’s deployment bag. He added the landing was possible because the 45-year-old jumper stayed calm.