Woman, 21, thrown to her death after 'staff forget to attach rope' to her during bungee jump

A harrowing incident occurred in São Paulo, Brazil this morning, which saw a 21-year-old woman lose her life in mismanaged circumstances.

Per The Sun, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas wasn't safely strapped in before taking on a bungee jump - believed to be ran by companies Entre Cordas and Ih Voei.

While at the adrenaline-seekers' attraction, situated in the city of Limeira, she was filmed being carried towards a gorge in a Superman-esque pose by a pair of staff members.

Just seconds after they threw her into the 131-foot void, voices could be heard yelling: "The rope, people, the rope!"

Despite dispatched firefighters and paramedics at the scene, this horrifying mistake resulted in Maria's death, who'd posted about her thrilling bungee jump adventure only hours earlier on social media.

"Who was the crazy person who let me jump off a bridge?" read one of her eerie photo captions.

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Witnesses allege that bungee employees forgot to attach the life-saving safety equipment to Maria prior to her jump.

Six people were placed in handcuffs at the scene of the tragedy at the Ponte do Esqueleto trail.

The company was charging the equivalent of £26.50 for bridge jumps and were advertising five other dates for the coming months.

Incredibly, bungee lovers are still able to book future events at the Ponte do Esqueleto trail at the time of writing.

One woman named Erin Langworthy was very nearly just as unfortunate back in 2012, when her 360ft bridge jump sent her directly into crocodile territory.

The Australian native was just 22 years old at the time and plunged into the razor-teethed Zambezi River after her leap of faith went drastically wrong.

Erin was visiting the infamous Victoria Falls, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe, when she decided to give the local bungee jump experience a go - operating off a bridge between the two countries.

Footage from the day caught Erin making the leap with her arms outstretched, and for the first few seconds everything seemed hunky dory.

Naturally, the cord completely embraced the tension, but a sudden and horrifying snap left the tourist free-falling into the Zambezi River.

Although she admitted to feeling 'nervous' before the jump, Erin never thought 'anything could go wrong', especially since she was the 105th person to perform the stunt that day.

In a morbid twist of fate, she'd sent her mum a postcard a day earlier, joking about 'saying goodbye' because of her imminent bungee jump.