Parachutist dies in jump from Eiffel Tower

A Norwegian man died after jumping off an upper deck of the Eiffel Tower with a parachute that failed to open, officials said…

A Norwegian man died after jumping off an upper deck of the Eiffel Tower with a parachute that failed to open, officials said today.

The man crashed on the 182-foot-high first deck of the Paris landmark after jumping from an upper deck last night, said SNTE, the company that manages the Eiffel Tower .

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