Video: World record-holding skydiver jumps into a Jet Stream

Marc Hauser, a Swiss world record-holding skydiver, has added another first to his name by sky diving into the jet stream, the high altitude winds that sweep around the world at high speed.

By ITPTue 17 Jul 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

Wearing just an ordinary sky diver’s suit and with a limited oxygen supply, he leapt from a balloon at 7,400 m to reach a speed of 270kph. But not everything went to plan.

BBC World News will air a two-part documentary about Marc’s jump and the potential of high-altitude winds to generate energy later this year.

(Source: BBC News YouTube channel)