Horrifying moment tourist’s bungee rope SNAPS, sending him plummeting into water below and smashing him unconscious before he is pulled to safety
- Tourist knocked unconscious during bungee jump gone wrong in Thailand
- He was taken to hospital and sustained injuries to his body, chest and lungs
Witnesses caught on camera the terrifying moment a tourist’s bungee cord snapped during a ten-storey jump, knocking him out as he plunged into the water below.
Mike, a tourist from Hong Kong, was pulled to safety after the elasticated rope he was attached to broke during a dive in Pattaya, Thailand, in February.
He reportedly suffered injuries to the left side of his body, his chest and his lungs, and was taken by staff to a nearby hospital.
A Hong Kong-based news outlet claimed that the activity park only compensated Mike for the cost of the bungee experience, and for the cost of the emergency outpatient service.
Mike is pictured falling from the crane with the rope tied around his legs
The rope is pulled tort as he falls through the air
The video shows Mike fall with his arms outstretched.
As the slack bungee cord is pulled tort, he spins a few times before the rope snaps above him and falls.
Mike dives about 100ft before the malfunction, leaving him to freefall several feet into the water.
The video cuts out before Mike lands, which knocked him unconscious.
Photos after the incident show him limp, being helped out by bystanders.
Staff had reportedly given Mike a document in a mix of Thai and English to sign before the jump, which he believed was an insurance policy.
After scaling a crane, staff tied a rope to his feet and pushed him from the highest point.
He recovered consciousness underwater and was able to swim to the surface, where staff helped him out of the lake.
A photograph shows the damage done to his armpit, one of the first parts of his body to make contact with the water.
Doctors at the hospital gave him painkillers for the injuries but said that he would be fine.
Most of the damage was to his skin, but he also sustained a lung infection likely caused by ingesting the dirty water.
Mike was refunded the (approximate) HK $500 (£52.30) he had spent on the experience and the staff covered the HK $1800 (£187.86) emergency medical fee.
But for the park to compensate him for his medical bills upon returning to Hong Kong, Mike would need to waive the park’s responsibility for the accident, he said.
Mike claimed he had spent more than HK $50,000 (£5,219) in medical expenses as a result of the accident.
According to the American Council on Science and Health, deaths occur from 1 in 500,000 bungee jumps.
This makes it 50 times safer than canoeing – but the figures account only for deaths and not injury due to malfunction.
Five people were reported to have died from bungee jumping between 2015 and 2018.
This tracks with the 18 deaths in 16 years noted between 1986 and 2002.
Image shows the horrifying moment the rope snapped above him and sent him plummeting
Image shows Mike (in white) after staff helped him out of the lake below the crane in Thailand
Image shows one of the injuries sustained by tourist Mike after his bungee rope failed
In 2018, a 20-year old nurse from Colorado died when her harness disconnected during a 70ft drop at the Get Air trampoline park.
The company said an inspection found ‘the device, webbing and triple-locking carabiner were found to be intact, and functioning normally, with no apparent damage.’
They ruled out the device as a factor in her death.
The attraction park in Pattaya, Thailand, has not been named.
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