A Ryanair passenger is facing a hefty fine after tiring of waiting for permission to leave his plane and leaving in this unconventional way via an emergency exit and the wing.

The balding man decided on his unusual exit from the aircraft after it reached Malaga Airport from London Stansted late on Monday night an hour late and passengers were kept waiting to get off.

Ground staff ordered him back on the plane and he was held there until Civil Guard officers arrived to take him away and record his details.

He was described on Tuesday night as a 57-year-old Polish national living in Malaga.

Fernando Del Valle Villalobos, who filmed the unnamed man making his unconventional exit, said: "Yesterday on January 1 after leaving London an hour late and arriving in Malaga only to be left waiting another 30 minutes inside the plane, with no explanation as to why from Ryanair, this man decided he wasn't going to wait any longer.

"He activated the emergency door and left, saying, 'I'm going via the wing.' It was surreal."