Running late for  his connecting flight, the man made the incredibly dangerous decision to take his luggage, run acrpss the tarmac  and flag down his Ryanair plane - as it was on the runway ready to depart.

The bizarre footage below shows the man confronting a baggage handler and grabbing his suitcase off the truck.

He already to appears to have made his way through the gate and down the open gangway.

Security officials  managed to stop the man before his reaches his flight.

A spokesperson for Ryanair said it was a matter for the airport at Madrid.