UK VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise jumps on to the wing of a moving plane and clings to the side as it takes off in thrilling new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation clip

By Colette Fahy for MailOnline

Published: 08:41 EST, 29 July 2015 | Updated: 16:30 EST, 29 July 2015

Tom Cruise admitted to being 'scared s**tless while filming a stunt in which he clung to the side of an aircraft as it took off at around 160mph.

And now MailOnline has exclusively obtained the first clip from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation showing Tom in action during that terrifying ride. 

The excerpt from the movie shows Tom and his team - including Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg - rushing to get a mysterious package off a plane before it takes off. 

When they realise that they are not going to be able to do so, Tom's character Ethan Hunt jumps on to the wing of the aircraft as it taxis on the runway.

While he believed Simon's character could open the plane door remotely and get him inside, instead viewers see him clinging to the side of the plane as it begins to soar and shouting 'You can open the door.' 

Open the door! In a new clip from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt can be seen clinging to the side of a plane while shouting for his colleagues to open the door 

Open the door! In a new clip from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt can be seen clinging to the side of a plane while shouting for his colleagues to open the door 

Incredible: In stunts performed by the actor himself, Ethan can be seen jumping on to the wing of a taxiing plane before clinging to the side as it took off

Incredible: In stunts performed by the actor himself, Ethan can be seen jumping on to the wing of a taxiing plane before clinging to the side as it took off

Earlier this month a behind the scenes clip of filming the incredible scene was released, along with action man Tom revealing his thoughts on the stunt.

‘Why hang a multimillion dollar star on the outside of an aeroplane and fly around in the normal world?' Stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood asks in the clip. ‘But Tom wanted to be on the outside of that plane.’

‘I couldn't sleep the night before,’ the 53-year-old himself reveals. ‘And then came the day. I was like "OK, this is really going to happen".'

Dramatic: The incredible scenes can be seen in the new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation movie when it is released in the UK on July 30

Dramatic: The incredible scenes can be seen in the new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation movie when it is released in the UK on July 30

Run and jump: Hunt launching himself off a hill and on to the wing of the huge plane 

Run and jump: Hunt launching himself off a hill and on to the wing of the huge plane 

He's made it: He landed on the wing but had plenty more work to do to be safe 

He's made it: He landed on the wing but had plenty more work to do to be safe 

While actors doing their own stunts is nothing new, it usually involves a lot of camera tricks, editing, safety gear, and a lot less peril for the movie star.

But when the camera starts rolling in the stomach lurching clip, the only difference between what Ethan Hunt is doing and Tom Cruise is doing is a very thin looking cable.

‘If something went wrong, I can't get into the aeroplane til we land,’ he points out in a voiceover.

'Open the door': While Ethan thought his colleagues could open the door remotely, they could not 

'Open the door': While Ethan thought his colleagues could open the door remotely, they could not 

Tense: Tom stars in the movie with Jeremy Renner, whose character William Brandt was tense as they tried to retrieve a mysterious package 

Tense: Tom stars in the movie with Jeremy Renner, whose character William Brandt was tense as they tried to retrieve a mysterious package 

Uh oh: Pegg's Benji Dunn did not manage to open the door in time 

Uh oh: Pegg's Benji Dunn did not manage to open the door in time 

Exciting as ever: While the Mission Impossible music played, the planed rumbled down the runway 

Exciting as ever: While the Mission Impossible music played, the planed rumbled down the runway 

Terrifying: Tom previously admitted to being 'scared s**tless while filming a stunt in which he clung to the side of an aircraft as it took off at around 160mph

Terrifying: Tom previously admitted to being 'scared s**tless while filming a stunt in which he clung to the side of an aircraft as it took off at around 160mph

As the A400m Atlas military transport accelerates to takeoff speed frighteningly fast, the wind whips at Cruise as he clings to the door for dear life. 

'The aircraft tilts upwards and leaves the runway behind, with the sheer velocity now keeping him completely horizontal.

‘I’m feeling the force of the wind hit me. I'm actually scared s**tless,’ he admits.

Red light, green light: Tom clung on to the door for dear life in a previously released behind the scenes clip
Red light, green light: Tom clung on to the door for dear life in a previously released behind the scenes clip

Red light, green light: Tom clung on to the door for dear life in a previously released behind the scenes clip

No safety goggles here: He was given special contacts to protect his eyes for his death defying stunt 

No safety goggles here: He was given special contacts to protect his eyes for his death defying stunt 

Brave: He merely laughed about the fact that if something went wrong, there was no way fro him to get inside the plane

Brave: He merely laughed about the fact that if something went wrong, there was no way fro him to get inside the plane

Hope its tied tight: When the camera started rolling in the stomach lurching clip, the only difference between what Ethan Hunt was doing and Tom Cruise was doing was a very thin looking cable

Hope its tied tight: When the camera started rolling in the stomach lurching clip, the only difference between what Ethan Hunt was doing and Tom Cruise was doing was a very thin looking cable

That escalated quickly: the A400m Atlas military transport accelerated to take off speed frighteningly fast

That escalated quickly: the A400m Atlas military transport accelerated to take off speed frighteningly fast

Eastwood morbidly points out that if they encounter a problem, ‘There's no little crash and a splash; you're dead’.

And what’s even more impressive is he didn’t just do it once, either.

‘I kind of thought that was a one take... but he did it eight times,’ visual effects supervisor David Vickery revealed.

Luckily Tom isn’t superstitious – as the readouts on the camera show, the scary stunt was shot on Halloween last year.

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is in cinemas & IMAX from July 30.

Hold on: ‘I’m feeling the force of the wind hit me. I'm actually scared sh*tless,’ the actor admitted in the clip

Hold on: ‘I’m feeling the force of the wind hit me. I'm actually scared sh*tless,’ the actor admitted in the clip

Need for speed: The aircraft tilted upwards and left the runway behind
Need for speed: The aircraft tilted upwards and left the runway behind

Need for speed: The aircraft tilted upwards and left the runway behind

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