Man dies after falling from Mission Impossible cliff

A man died after falling from a 600-metre-high cliff in Norway that was featured in a Mission: Impossible movie.

Preikestolen, known in English as “Pulpit Rock”, is a cliff in south-western Norway overlooking the Lysefjord. It is one of Norway’s most famous mountain routes and receives more than 300,000 visitors a year, according to the country’s official tourism website.

Nina Thommesen, a local police lawyer, confirmed that a man in his 40s died on Monday. She said the man was travelling alone and was found with her phone and his ID. He has not yet been officially identified, but police say they are “reasonably certain” of his identity.

“Police are investigating the case as a fall accident,” Thommesen said. “We have no assumption that anything criminal occurred.”

Two witnesses were questioned on Monday, including one who saw the incident occur. He explained that the man slipped and fell.

Although it is “Norway’s most iconic natural monument,” according to the non-profit organisation that manages the site, Preikestolen gained fame when it appeared in the sixth Mission: Impossible film, starring Tom Cruise.

It was used as a filming location, in place of Kashmir — in Mission: Impossible – Fallout for an action sequence at the end of the 2018 film, where the film’s two central characters fall off the cliff.