Auckland: Belgian tourist arrested after base jump blunder leaves him dangling from 23rd floor of luxury hotel

Key points

• A 22-year-old Belgian tourist is facing charges after a base jump from an Auckland hotel left him dangling outside the building. Emergency crews reached him on Tuesday night after reports of a man in a parachute on the exterior of Hotel Indigo on Albert Street.
• Fire and Emergency New Zealand said he had jumped from the 27th floor, but his parachute caught on the building and left him stranded near the 23rd floor. Rescuers removed a window to bring him inside after nearly an hour.
• He was not injured.