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A British soldier has cheated death after crashing into someone's roof and falling into their kitchen when his parachute failed to fully deploy during a training exercise in California.

The parachutist jumped out of a plane from 15,000ft in a High Altitude Low Opening exercise known as Halo which is used by the SAS and SBS for covert missions in hostile territory.

But the soldier started to spiral out of control when the parachute failed to fully deploy over the skies of Atascadero. HALO I just dropped in for cuppa of tea

He deployed his reserve parachute but it was too late and he continued his rapid descent towards the ground.

Residents called 911 after seeing him falling before he smashed into the house.

The impact left a huge hole in the tiled roof of the bungalow as the soldier fell through the loft and into the kitchen

The homeowners were out at the time of the incident at 4.55pm on July 6.

The soldier, wearing British special forces uniform, was pictured in the kitchen surrounded by dust and debris in the house, still attached to his harness.The soldier only received minor injuries from the crash landing and was taken to hospital for treatment.

The rest of the training group landed safely in the designated landing field A free new sky light !!