THE pilot dubbed as 'Rocket Man' has crash landed in the ocean between Morocco and Spain after a failed attempt to make aviation history. Yves Rossy was attempting to complete the first intercontinental flight using just a jetpack.
He was soaring through the skies between Morocco and Spain today when he ditched, parachuting into the ocean. Although TV crews were flying with him to capture his bid on camera, there appears to be no footage of the moment Rossy abandons his bid.
Instead footage shows him flying through the air - and, later, with his parachute open seconds before hitting the water. The professional Swiss pilot has made a name for himself as a daredevil who soars through the skies with a jet-propelled wing strapped to his back.
'It is going to be historic,' he said yesterday. 'No one has ever done this before.'
Clothed in a flame-retardant suit, he leapt from a plane at 6,500 feet and engaged his four-cylinder jet pack to power the eight-foot carbon fibre wing strapped to his back.
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