Overview
- The jump involved 65 skydivers exiting one Ilyushin Il-76TD transport aircraft at 13,000 feet in Benghazi, Libya, on August 7, with each participant carrying a national flag.
- Guinness World Records formally confirmed the new record on August 14 after reviewing camera footage that verified every flagged jumper and their landings inside a designated, camera-covered zone.
- Participants had to complete three qualifying jumps before the attempt and manage large flags in freefall to avoid entanglement with parachutes and other jumpers.
- Three UAE-based Indians — Jamsheer Thanalot, Abhishek Rawat and Isha Raj — were among the 65 and carried the Indian Tricolour, a detail widely noted in regional coverage ahead of India’s Independence Day.
- Organisers led by Skydive Benghazi with partners such as Ultimate High by Yas coordinated logistics and safety, and the feat is likely to raise the profile of large-scale multinational skydiving events while spotlighting the sport’s operational risks.