Namibian airport workers struggled to stop a runaway luggage train that was being blown across the tarmac with its sides flapping like sails, The Namibian newspaper reports.

The paper has uploaded a video on Facebook showing four men sprinting to catch the train.

The first man to reach it failed to halt it, but it appears that the train stopped once a vehicle got in its way.

The airport authorities are investigating whether it could have damaged the aeroplanes on the tarmac.