Skydivers flew through London’s Tower Bridge at 153 miles per hour

In a white-knuckle ride that made history, skydivers have flown through Tower Bridge, London, UK in wingsuits – and they reached eye-watering speeds of 153mph

Austrian freefall skydivers, Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel, became the first people to skydive through the iconic landmark wearing wingsuits.

And, per Waltenspiel, it took them ‘200 training jumps’ to prepare for those brief, yet nail-biting moments.

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The death-defying stunt by Red Bull took place on the morning of 12 May and involved getting to an altitude of 914m (3,000ft) in a helicopter.

They reached the jump site that was 1.2km (0.75 miles) west of the bridge itself.

From there, the adrenaline-seekers traveled 1,200m (3,937 ft) in a mere 45 seconds.

The pair landed safely on barges lying in wait on the River Thames below.

The above footage was captured with 24 cameras waiting at 14 separate positions along their proposed flight path.

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But this isn’t simply a case of freefall for the Red Bull team- some real precision was needed in the stunt.

At speeds of over 246 km/h (53mph), the pair passed through the gap in the bridge between its two towers around 30m (100ft) above the ground.

Measuring 65 x 32m (213 x 105 ft), there wasn’t a huge margin for error.

Once safely through the gap, the Austrains performed a ‘flare maneuver’.

This involves climbing sharply upwards to a height of around 80m (280 ft) before pulling their parachute and landing.

“I’m really grateful to work with Marco and such a good team to bring our dream to life,” Fürst enthused.

“I just feel amazing. The jump was beautiful and everything worked out really good.

“In the last two and a half years we planned everything through and had the best preparation and training.”

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