The video, which has gone viral on the internet, shows that the Skydivers were travelling at the speed of 240 miles per hour.
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It was an awesome feat and one that came after a whopping 13 attempts by the worldwide team.
The skydivers held the flower formation for several seconds before breaking away, deployed their parachutes, and headed back with excitement to the ground. To avoid this, jumpers and pilots were made to suck pure oxygen at 14,000 feet.
The dive was recorded by skydiving videographers from all angles to ensure that the judges on ground got a good footage to verify.
And with almost 170 canopies simultaneously flying in the sky, there’s a risk of two parachutists flying into each other.
“When (record) jumps work well, it’s like there’s a certain peace to it all, a certain harmony to it all”, said Norman Kent, a longtime skydiving videographer who filmed the jump.
A group of skydivers have set a new world record after performing the largest ever vertical formation in Illinois in the US.
In this photo provided by Mickey Nuttall, members of an worldwide team of skydivers join hands flying head-down to build their world record skydiving formation Friday, July 31, 2014, over Ottawa, Ill. The previous skydiving record was set by 138 people in 2012, according to The Associated Press.
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A skydiver is seen after exiting a plane during a world record jump at Skydive Chicago.
