An Australian woman escaped with just cuts and bruises after her bungee cord snapped during a New Year's Eve jump in Africa, sending her flying head-first into raging, crocodile-infested waters.
Erin Langworthy's ill-fated jump from the Victoria Falls bridge - 111 metres above the Zambezi River - was caught on camera, showing the rope snapping and a large splash in the water below.
The footage showed her being washed downstream with the bungee cord still wrapped around her legs.
Zambia's tourism minister Given Lubinda moved to reassure tourists that bungee jumping was safe.
"The bungee has proven to be a very viable operation considering that more than 50,000 tourists jump on it every year," he told the Lusaka Times.
An investigation into the rope snap has been launched by the Tourism Ministry.
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