French law enforcement arrested two men on Thursday for parachuting off the Eiffel Tower, a police source said.
Security staff spotted the pair scaling the 330-metre (1,083-foot) Paris monument before dawn, wearing balaclavas and carrying parachutes, the source said.
They called police and civil defence to the scene, who tried to make contact with the climbers. They latter signalled they wanted to jump.
They leapt off the tower at around 6.00 a.m. local time, and police arrested them once they had landed.
Police also detained a third person who had been near the monument but had not taken part in the climb, the source said.
