A shows the embarrassing moment a fully grown adult has a tantrum at the boarding gate of a busy .
The woman was filmed rolling around on the ground after staff at the bustling airport told her that her hand luggage was too heavy to go . Travellers at Milan Malpensa Airport in Italy stood stunned as the woman rolled on the ground, stamped her feet and pounded her fists on the floor.
The Chinese tourist reached the boarding gate to take her flight on June 8 but when staff checked her carry-on suitcase they found it was too heavy. She was told that she would need to pay extra or throw away some of the contents, sparking the meltdown in front of dozens of astonished onlookers.
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In the clip the middle-aged traveller falls to the floor wailing and shouting as she thrashes on the ground in front of the bemused gate staff.
Local media reports that the authorities arrived on the scene and tried to calm the situation, but the woman remained uncontrollable.
The woman was eventually removed from the flight following her tantrum. She was able to book another ticket once she had calmed down.
The shocking scene has been shared widely on social media, with commenters branding it “embarrassing and childish”.
“Has she forgotten that she’s a grown up?” said one viewer.
“This is shameless and disgraceful behaviour,” said another
“I’m speechless. This is so embarrassing,” quipped a third.
In other baffling airport behaviour, a man was earlier this week.
The man, whose identity is unknown, was seen running on the tarmac by Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport with at least four people trying to catch him before he was finally detained.
The man was filmed with something around his waist as he ran away from several men at the airport around planes, which were arriving and leaving. He appeared to be running away from people who appeared to be airport staff.
The person behind the camera was heard saying: "What's going on here? Why would there be people running across the [tarmac]? What's this all about? That is not right.
