Swiss man breaks world record for 8,000m jump without oxygen

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Last Updated : Jun 09 2014 | 12:56 AM IST
A Swiss man today set a new world record when he leapt from a hot-air balloon from an altitude of 8,000 metres without oxygen, the ATS news agency reported.
Remo Lang, 38, threw himself out of the balloon early in the morning and landed around 10 minutes later at Aarberg, in the Berne canton of Switzerland.
Wearing a "wingsuit", his freefall lasted five minutes.
Lang's team said he prepared himself for the jump by taking in oxygen from a tank intensively for half an hour before the stunt.
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First Published: Jun 09 2014 | 12:56 AM IST

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