Base jumpers left dangling 60ft in the air after getting stuck on Essex phone mast

The two men got stuck on the phone mast near Halstead. Credit: @EEAST_HART

Two parachutists had to be rescued after they got stuck on a phone mast in Essex.

The pair were left hanging 20m (66ft) up in the air when they got into trouble near Halstead at around 18:00 last night.

Firefighters spent more than an hour trying to get the pair down. Credit: @EEAST_HART

It took firefighters about 80 minutes to get them down.

It's believed the men were 'base jumpers', which is an activity where people jump from fixed structures.

One of the men suffered an ankle injury. Credit: @EEAST_HART