Chilling footage shows skydiver grinning joy moments before he plunges to his death

Chilling video shows a skydiver grinning with joy as he leaps from a plane — moments before he and his instructor got tangled up and plummeted to their deaths.

The footage of Alex Welling’s final moments was played in an Australian court this week as the director of the skydiving company was found guilty of safety breaches that led to the double tragedy.

Welling, 32, was seen sticking his tongue out and grinning as he and his experienced instructor, Stephen Hoare, 37, edge out of the open door to jump.

But instead of a smooth exit, the video shows a black strap catching on a protruding step, leaving the pair stuck dangling upside down in midair.

The pilot tried several maneuvers to free the pair, including flying low over the airport