Skydiver Swoops Under Charles Bridge

During Monday’s Navalis celebrations, Mark Rahbani parachuted *through* Charles Bridge leaving a trail of sparks

Dave Park

Written by Dave Park Published on 19.05.2016 15:05:43 (updated on 19.05.2016) Reading time: 1 minute

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If you attended Monday’s Navalis celebrations at Charles Bridge early Monday evening, you might have caught quite the sight.

Daredevil skydiver Mark Rahbani leapt from a plane above Prague, opened a small parachute, and swept underneath Charles Bridge, leaving a trail of sparks behind him.

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The technique is called “swooping”: precisely piloting small parachutes at high speeds. Rahbani flew underneath the bridge at an estimated 100 kilometers per hour before landing in the water on the other side. 

iDnes.cz shared the video: 

This wasn’t the first time Rahbani had performed the stunt; last year, he pulled of the feat in daylight:

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