Two plane passengers ‘spotted running across tarmac to catch departing flight’

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 9, 2026 9:02am Updated August 9, 2026 9:02am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video You’ve just had the horrible, stomach-scrambling realisation that your flight is about to take off without you on board. What are your options? You could burst into tears in front of the airport staff. You could quickly buy yourself another flight. Maybe you could come to terms with the fact you’ll be having a staycation while your luggage travels abroad. Two women at the biggest airport in Russia appear to have had another idea. A camera captures them hobbling across the tarmac in high heels, as their Aeroflot plane begins to taxi backwards. The video, reportedly captured on July