Norwegian parachutist dies jumping off Eiffel Tower

A Norwegian man died after jumping off an upper deck of the Eiffel Tower with a parachute that never opened, 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 an official for SNTE, the company that manages the Eiffel Tower.

Norwegian foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne Lene Sandsten said the man was Norwegian, according to Norwegian news agency NTB.