Vincent Reffet, the French aerial stuntman known as ‘Jetman’, has died in a training accident aged 36.
Reffet was killed while training in the Dubai desert on Tuesday. No further information has been released about the circumstances of his death, and an investigation is underway.
Reffet was part of a team known as ‘The Jetmen‘, who worked alongside Jetman Dubai to develop human flight technology in the Gulf peninsula. He was well known for his performance stunts under the brand XDubai, which often involved jetpacks and wingsuits.