The Ryanair passenger who ran onto the tarmac at Madrid's main international airport is a Bolivian national who is now facing a hefty fine.

Amazing footage published today showed the mystery traveller jumping off the jet bridge with two bags in his hands and sprinting across the edge of the runway to try to board the plane.

And this afternoon it emerged initial reports claiming he had missed his budget flight were wrong and he had managed against all odds to get on the plane and reach his destination.

The holidaymaker nervously dangles his legs over the edge of the jet bridge before jumping

The man, who was late for his flight, seemed to hesitate before jumping off the jet bridge

The man, who missed the plane's final boarding call, fell about eight to 10ft from the bridge

The footage was posted on Facebook by a Spanish trade union.

A Civil Guard spokesman in his sunshine destination - Gran Canaria - said he was stopped when he reached the holiday island and identified so he could be reported for an airport security infraction.

The spokesman said: 'He breached a range of security measures when he saw he was going to miss his flight and despite the efforts of ground personnel to stop him, managed to run across the tarmac as the plane was preparing to taxi out to the runway.'

A source close to the case said the desperate man was a Bolivian national who was believed to have been travelling alone.

He said: 'He wasn't arrested but he was identified so his name could be passed to Guardia Civil officers in Madrid for them to take the appropriate action.

'They didn't manage to identify him in Madrid.

'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.

'The man in question is now likely to face a very high fine.'

A spokesman for Spanish Airports Authority AENA said the unnamed offender had broken a firm alarm in an apparent diversionary tactic.

He said: 'The incident happened around 9pm on Friday.

'We called the Civil Guard in after he breached security and broke a firm alarm before reaching the tarmac.

'We don't know what happened after the Civil Guard were called. The only person who can answer the question of why he acted like he did is the man who protagonised this incident.

'It is definitely a first for this airport.'

After landing on his feet, the tourist waves his hand in an attempt to flag down the plane

The man speaks to an employee inside a small vehicle that is used to pull luggage carts

In a major security breach, the tardy traveller got past staff at the gate and jumped off the jet bridge with two bags in his hands - landing on the tarmac eight to 10ft below - after the Boeing 737 had already pulled back from the terminal.

The foolish holidaymaker sprinted across the apron to try and stop the plane from taking off without him, but was intercepted by stunned ground crew members at Madrid's main international airport.

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Footage of the bizarre incident was recorded by a ground crew member at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport and posted on Facebook by the Workers' Commissions trade union.

Video shows the man nervously sitting on the edge of the jet bridge with his bags in tow before leaping off.

After landing on his feet he waves his hand in an attempt to flag down the plane and briefly speaks to a worker in a vehicle used to pull luggage carts.

Shocked viewers said the man should be charged by police or even banned from flying

With his bags in hand, the man sprints across the tarmac to stop the plane from leaving

The man made it onto the apron as he approached a plane, but was intercepted by employees

Footage of the bizarre incident was recorded by a ground crew member at the airport

Two employees (left) stop the man as he approaches the Ryanair plane

The man runs towards his plane - putting himself in an incredibly dangerous situation as aircraft taxi to and from runways - but is stopped by two employees.

A Ryanair spokesman called it a 'security breach' and deferred comment to airport police.

The union wrote online: 'This is how passengers in Madrid behave when they don't arrive in time for their flights.

'This particular passenger was missing a Ryanair flight and, unbelievably, skipped several security protocols established by [operator] AENA in their airports.

'We're talking about level 4 security protocols! Not even with all those protocols we can feel safe...'

MailOnline Travel has contacted the Workers' Commissions union for comment.

Shocked viewers flooded the Workers' Commissions union's Facebook page with comments.

Some suggested the man should be charged by Spanish police and banned from flying, while others criticised security measures at the airport.

One viewer wrote: 'This guy should have been arrested by the security forces and identified so he can not only travel with [Ryanair] but any airline.'

Another viewer wrote: 'It's not the fault of the passenger who bypassed the security controls. It is the responsibility of those in charge of the controls.'

A member of the union wrote on Facebook that he or she has witnessed 10 incidents in seven years where passengers have forced open a gate's doors.

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