Four Austrian skydivers have made history by being the first people to fly over an active volcano in Indonesia, in wingsuits and with parachutes.

The Red Bull Skydive team climbed 4000m by helicopter, and filmed their dive over the smouldering peak of Mount Bromo, on Java.

The team performed two jumps, one with wingsuits reaching speeds of over 200km/h and the second being a freefall parachute jump while deploying the Indonesian flag.

The four Austrians performed couldn’t wait to explore the mystious Mount Bromo, an active volcano located in the East Java province.

“We could feel the energy from the active volcano when we were right above the crater and could even smell the sulphur in the air” said Red Bull skydiver Marco Furst.

The active volcano has erupted three times in the past century with the most recent one in 2011.

Fellow skydiver Dominic Roithmair said, “Although I have done numerous free-fall jumps before; but this one was particularly challenging because the volcano is still active. We can even see small eruptions coming off the surrounding peaks.”