Sagor Chowdhury, Chandpur

Ashiq Chowdhury's attempt to jump from an airplane flying with the flag of Bangladesh has entered the Guinness World Records. On May 25, he attempted to set a world record by jumping from an airplane in Memphis, USA.

Guinness World Records updated Ashiq's information on their website on Monday (July 1). Earlier, the Guinness record in the 'Greatest Distance Freefall with a Banner/Flag' category was held by Indian skydiver Jeetin Vijayana.

Ashiq Chowdhury is the Associate Director of the Real Asset Finance Division of the multinational The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Singapore. In the gap of work, I took long training on skydiving under Thai Sky Adventure Company. Ashiq Chowdhury is the son of Brigadier General Haroon Or Rashid of Kaladi Mahalla in Matlab Dakshin Upazila of Chandpur. The people of Matlab are blessed for this achievement.

Indian skydiver Jitin Vijayana's record in this category was 11,256 meters or 36,929 feet 13 inches. Ashiq Chowdhury broke it by jumping up to 11 thousand 368 meters or 37 thousand 296 feet 58 inches with the flag.

Another Guinness record for which Ashiq has applied for the longest outdoor flat freefall is currently held by India's Jeetin.

Ashiq Chowdhury's record-making initiative is called 'The Largest Flag Flown in the Stratosphere'. The space between 10 and 60 km above the earth's surface is called the stratosphere. Aashiq jumped with a flag measuring about 7 square feet to set the record.

Ashiq Chowdhury said, "I was very sure after receiving information from the World Air Sports Federation that I am going to break two Guinness records. Today, Guinness authorities confirmed the matter by e-mail. It's great to have the record officially recognized. '

Ashiq also said, 'I applied for this record last week. After two-three days I applied for another (longest outdoor flat freefall) record. Maybe next week I will know the Guinness update about that record. But for me this record with the flag of Bangladesh was important. Which I have already received. '

Ashiq Chowdhury is the Associate Director of the Real Asset Finance Division of the multinational The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Singapore. In the gap of work, I took long training on skydiving under Thai Sky Adventure Company. He got his skydiver license last year.