Tom Cruise clings to plane 5000ft above the ground for new MI flick

Tom Cruise, in one of the most daring stunts ever, hung by the side of a military plane 5000ft above British countryside, during an action ...

In this scene from Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is barely hanging onto a plane as it's taking off while Benji ...

Tom Cruise is upping the ante for his next 'Mission: Impossible' movie ... pulling off another jaw-dropping stunt for the spy thriller ...

Tom Cruise clings to side of a military plane 5,000ft above British countryside for new Mission: Impossible film (and yes, that really IS him).

Tom Cruise was caught dangling from a warplane recently while shooting for the new ... I love all MI movies, but damn was the MI2 an over the top ...

For 'Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation' (2015) Tom Cruise performed the sequence where he's hanging onto a flying airplane without digital ...

The filming took place at RAF Wittering, where, at times, the plane was 5,000 feet above the ground. Elswit adds: "They go up, get altitude ...

Tom Cruise's latest stunt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation made the adrenaline junkie and Hollywood star think twice.

In the the behind-the-scenes video above, Cruise is harnessed up and actually clings to the side of a plane launching off the ground.