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Triplets world’s youngest skydivers
    2018-12-04  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

MEET the one-in-3-million triplets who have become the world’s youngest skydivers aged 3.

Naturally conceived British triplets Kuzey, Koray and Ayaz Cerikci, who are affectionately known as The “Piplets” on social media, completed their first indoor skydive at iFLY in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Nov. 13.

Their mom Claire Cerikci, 40, was cheering on her boys as they became the youngest Brits to brave the flight.

In matching outfits and helmets, Kuzey, Koray and Ayaz looked adorable as they soared through the flight simulation chamber with three instructors – even holding each other’s hands.

Full-time mom-of-six Claire, of Chelmsford, Essex, said: “Because it was their first time the boys just did one flight.

“It was a little bit nerve-wracking watching them in there.

“In some ways it felt like they were in there for ages but in others it felt like it was over really quickly. It probably lasted about two minutes.

“They went in one by one with their instructors until they were all up in the air.”

Claire said Kuzey went first, a bit nervous, then Koray went in, before Ayaz jumped up and volunteered to go next.

“At first it was a bit like there were arms and legs flying everywhere but then they started to relax and they all held hands.”

They had little handles on the back of their suits so the instructors were holding onto them to whole time, Claire said.

The daring toddlers have been looking forward to their record-breaking experience for months.

Kuzey, Koray and Ayaz have even been practising how to fly in formation at home on the living room floor with mom Claire and their dad Gurcan Cerikci, 39.

Despite some pre-skydive nerves, the boys were on cloud nine after their first flight – and felt like superheroes.

Claire said: “For the last eight weeks we’ve been coming into the center for the boys to watch other kids flying.”

Indoor skydiving is just another string to the boys’ bows as they have also been carving out a career on the big screen – and will appear alongside Margot Robbie and David Tennant in “Mary Queen of Scots.”

Although unable to reveal too much about the long-awaited period drama, Claire said Kuzey and Koray both filmed scenes where they were held by A-lister Saoirse Ronan.

All three brothers are also brand ambassadors for more than 100 companies after their cute pictures won over 15,500 fans on social media.

The “Piplets,” who earned their cute nickname before they were born as their big brother Kaya, now 6, couldn’t pronounce “triplets,” first hit the headlines when they were born with a rare condition.

Identical twins Kuzey and Koray were diagnosed with monochorionic monoamniotic, or “mono-mono,” meaning they shared one amniotic sac and placenta — and only had a 50- percent chance of survival.

The odds of the condition affecting twins that are part of a triplet pregnancy are just one in 3 million, although it is more common in twins and triplets conceived through IVF.

(SD-Agencies)

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