THIS is the embarrassing moment a tourist has a shameless, child-like airport meltdown after being told her bag was too big.

Jaw-dropping footage shows the holidaymaker screaming and stamping her feet as she pathetically lays on the floor of the terminal in northern Italy.

The holidaymaker from China had reached the boarding gate at the Milan Malpensa Airport when staff checked her carry-on luggage.

They told her to pay extra for her heavy suitcase of throw away some of the contents – leading to the embarrassing meltdown.

Footage captures the middle-aged woman wailing and shouting at the staff before she drops to the floor, rolling around in a peculiar response to the luggage issue.

She was also captured stamping her feet up and down on the ground and waving her arms around.

Authorities made efforts to calm the extraordinary scene, but their attempts proved unsuccessful as the tourist continued with her uncontrollable actions, local reports state.

Staff eventually removed her from the flight, with the woman left to book a new ticket for herself once she had stopped her meltdown.

The clip has since gone viral on social media, with many viewers dubbing the bizarre tantrum “childish”.

One person said: “Has she forgotten that she’s a grown up?”

Another commented: “This is shameless and disgraceful behaviour.”

And a third: “I’m speechless. This is so embarrassing.”

A mere few days ago, a man was spotted running across the tarmac at London’s Heathrow Airport near moving aircraft before being arrested.

Video footage shared on social media sees the chase go on for around a minute before the man is eventually caught.

And another horror moment shows a Qantas worker falls 20ft down from a plane’s airbridge onto the rock-hard tarmac.

Customer experience supervisor Olivia Hristovska, 51, fell down as she was peeking through viewing windows in the wall of an aerobridge.

In May, a knifeman was shot dead at a top Brit holiday airport.

The 18-year-old was shot five times at Gran Canaria Airport after going berserk and lunging at one of the officers who confronted him.

Terrified holidaymakers were seen running for cover as shots rang out during the Saturday afternoon incident.

Disturbing footage depicts the knifeman, now identified as Abdoulie Bah, charging at one of the five National Police officers attempting to stop him, resulting in the officer falling to the ground while bystanders rush to find safety.

He was shot as he tried to attack the officer’s colleagues who appeared to be warning him to desist before they opened fire.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.