Watch Video: “Mission Impossible” helps Tom Cruise earn most burning parachute jumps Guinness World Record

Tom Cruise has become a Guinness World Record titleholder for a fiery “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” stunt.

In the stunt, Cruise jumps out of a helicopter and deploys a parachute, then lights it on fire. The parachute was pre-soaked in fuel and lit ablaze, the Guinness World Records said in a news release. Cruise had to jump from at least 7,500 feet, the organization said. The flaming parachute could only burn for about three seconds before Cruise had to cut it away and deploy a backup chute. And sometimes, he was doing it while holding a 50-pound camera rig.

Cruise conducted the stunt not once, not twice — but 16 times, the Guinness World Records said, making him the

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