09 January,2010 08:13 AM IST | | Agencies
Two skydivers have set a new record for one of the world's highest Base jumps.
Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi leapt 2,205 feet from the top of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai before free-falling for 10 seconds and then deploying their parachutes.
It was the world's highest jump from a man-made structure. Both men are expert skydivers and obtained permission from the Dubai authorities to jump from the tower.
Al Hegelan began Base jumping in 1997 and has made over 15,000 sky dives. He said, "It was amazing, one of the most beautiful sensations I've ever experienced.
"We did it legally, we did it safely and we set a new world record.
It took months of planning and we had to obtain permission from the UAE government, but we showed that safe, legal Base jumps are possible from the Burj Khalifa."
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The Burj Khalifa cost $1.5 billion to build and is the tallest man-made structure on earth at 828m (2,717ft). |
