Alex O'Brien
Travel Tips

Passenger jumps off boarding bridge and chases after plane

Shocking footage has emerged of a passenger jumping off the boarding bridge at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport in an attempt to run after his missed Ryanair flight.

The man, believed to be a Bolivian national, can be seen hopping down from the bridge with two bags and sprinting after the plane. Incredibly, he was in fact allowed onto the plane, sparking serious concerns about the airport’s security.

“The pilot presumably agreed to let him on board because he had a boarding pass but he was lucky not to have been stopped in Madrid because we're currently on terror alert level 4 and he could easily have been mistaken for a terrorist with all the consequences that come with that,” an official told the Daily Mail. “The man in question is now likely to face a very high fine.”

Take a look at the bizarre incident above and tell us in the comments below, what do you think should be the repercussions for such an act?

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