Confusion As Airport Worker Appears To Guide Plane ‘On a Leash’Here’s Why [Video]

A video showing an airport worker appearing to pull a plane “on a leash” across a tarmac has gone viral on TikTok, sparking hilarious debate over the strange protocol.

The clip was posted by Elly Xia (@elly.xia), a 24-year-old musician from Hamburg, Germany, who lives in London. The video was taken from onboard a Ryanair aircraft on the ground at London Stansted Airport around 2:30 p.m. local time on April 30, Xia told Newsweek. The clip has amassed 24.2 million views since it was shared on May 4.

Text overlaid on the clip says: “Can some plane nerd pls explain to me what the use of a dude holding a 90000lbs of plane on a leash is?”

The video features a view through a plane window, showing an airport worker standing outside the aircraft, wearing headphones with a long cord that appears to be attached to the plane. The worker is shown holding the cord up while moving along with the plane.

“What does …