Woman who fell 360ft into crocodile-infested water after bungee cord snapped joked about her death the day before 

A woman who plummeted 360ft into crocodile-infested waters when her bungee cord snapped revealed she had made a quip about dying just the day before.

Australian tourist Erin Langworthy nearly lost her life after jumping off a bridge overlooking the Zambezi River in Zambia only to discover her bungee cord was defective and had failed to recoil.

Colliding with the fast-moving water below – where deadly predators lurked in wait – Langworthy miraculously survived but was left with multiple injuries, including severe bruising and internal damage.

Now it has emerged that the day before the life-threatening incident in 2012, Langworthy had joked to her mother that she might not survive her planned feat.

On a postcard, which now has pride of place on the family’s fridge, Langworthy wrote: ‘I’m doing a bungee jump tomorrow, so I’ll say goodbye… only joking!’

In footage that has emerged on social media of the death-defying mishap, Langworthy can be seen dropping into the water after the cord snapped. 

She then appeared to struggle to stay afloat as the river’s current carried her downstream.

Speaking about her injuries in a Cover-More Youtube video, Langworthy recalled: ‘I was black and blue all over, my lungs were full of blood and water.’

After being rescued by a staff member from the bungee company, Langworthy was rushed to a hospital in nearby Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. 

She was treated for her injuries, which included partially collapsed lungs and concerns about the dirty water she had swallowed. 

Thankfully, X-rays confirmed there were no broken bones.

Langworthy later told the Guardian that she had been nervous prior to jumping but ‘never thought’ anything could go wrong.

She said: ‘I stood on the platform, looked at my ankles, which had been strapped together, and worried aloud that my feet would slip out. Someone said that would be the last thing that happened.’

After she hit the water, she recalled: ‘I started coughing up blood and began to worry about internal injuries. I just felt exhausted and struggled to process what had happened.’ 

She revealed how, despite jumping from the river at 5.30pm, she finally arrived at the hospital at 11pm, where she was placed on a ventilator and given antibiotics due to the risk of infection from ingested water. 

The bungee company later visited her in the hospital to apologise for the incident, adding that they were ‘astounded’ she had survived.

It comes after a woman plunged a staggering 141 feet in an extreme new style of bungee jumping where adrenaline junkies spiral out of the sky – with no rope.

Nervously getting into the correct harness position, the woman is captured in a video pushed just outside of the platform with her legs dangling mid-air.

Asking the thrill seeker whether she wanted a countdown or a surprise drop, the woman opted for the latter. 

The ride operator asked her what she had planned for the rest of the day, as she anxiously waited mid-air for the death-defying ride to commence.

Suddenly the attendant pulls the rope, sending her plummeting a staggering 141 feet, whilst letting out a blood curdling scream on her descent.

After falling through the heavens, the woman’s fall is safely broken by a large green net.