<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A confronting video captures a skydiver's wide grin and obvious joy moments before he and his instructor became entangled with a plane and fell to their deaths during a jump.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Experienced instructor Stephen Hoare, 37, and his tandem passenger Alex Welling, 32, died while skydiving at Goulburn airport in southern NSW in 2021.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SafeWork NSW charged Goulburn Flight Training Centre and its sole director Attilio Giovanni Ferrara, known as John Ferrara, with two counts each of breaching workplace safety duties.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/easey-street-murders-accused-double-killer-to-face-rape-charge/78b7fc69-c167-40d4-abcb-b35fd598ab66"><strong><span>Accused Easey Street double killer to face rape charge</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The flight school and its director were found guilty of the safety breaches in NSW District Court on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecutor had established the elements of the offences beyond a reasonable doubt, Judge Andrew Scotting found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ferrara was not in court when the decision was handed down.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/skydiver-death-goulburn-chilling-footage-shows-skydiver-joy-before-death-plunge/92f1ea9c-d97f-465e-b5ed-520cf479340d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will face sentencing at a later date.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the 10-day trial in September 2025, the court was told the skydivers' equipment had snagged on a metal step that was recently installed on the Cessna plane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A short GoPro video taken by a third solo skydiver during the June 27 flight showed Mr Welling grinning as he moved towards the open door of the plane while strapped to Mr Hoare.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Welling was filmed sticking his tongue out at the camera as he and Mr Hoare edge out of the open door for a few seconds before they attempt to launch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Instead of a smooth deployment, the footage shows a black strap getting caught on the protruding step, leaving the pair frantically dangling upside-down mid-air.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pilot later attempted several manoeuvres to free the men, including flying low over the airport while staff on the ground stood on top of a four-wheel drive to try and grab them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The footage was released on Tuesday over the objections of the skydivers' families after Judge Scotting ruled it could serve to prevent future tragedies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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