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Passengers travelling from a busy Russian airport were dealt a real scare when a huge brown bear strolled into the compound.

Armed rangers had to be deployed after the brown beast was spotted roaming around Yelizovo airport, in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The bear made its way through the security checkpoint just as a packed flight to Moscow was readying to check in.

The wild animal was caught by a CCTV camera at a staff entrance, with one security guard jokingly saying: “Look who we have here at 5.30am. And without ID, too.”

(Image: The Siberian TImes) (Image: The Siberian TImes)

City authorities flashed a warning to passengers at the city’s Yelizovo airport: “We are asking you take extra care.”

Armed wildlife rangers were deployed to find the bear but so far despite several sightings in the vicinity off the airport, they have failed to head off the beast, a spokesman said.

(Image: The Siberian TImes) (Image: The Siberian TImes)

Thousands of bears roam free on the volcano-and-glacier Kamchatka peninsula.

Two people have been killed by brown bears in two separate incidents on the peninsula this summer alone.

In one of the attacks a fisherman was killed.

In the other a metal factory worker lost their life to one of the mammals while walking in the woods.

It is unusual that the bears venture into the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky which has a population of 180,000.

Russia is not the only country to have issues with animals wandering into airports.

Just last month an alligator ambled onto MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, USA.

A large truck was drafted in to move the hefty reptile on.