Jet Man ditches in sea

A Swiss pilot aiming to become the first person to complete an intercontinental crossing using a jet-powered wing was forced to ditch into the sea today.

Yves Rossy, the so-called Jet Man, was aiming to cross from Africa to Europe with the jet-propelled wing strapped to his back.

But about 15 minutes after he took off from above Tangier in Morocco, organisers wrote on the micro-blogging website Twitter: “He may be in the sea. We have search and rescue team in place.”

TV and internet viewers saw Rossy alive in the sea after his landing.