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Stadium staff and Toulouse's lion mascot gathered post protectors to place underneath the parachutist and a large children's inflatable was brought in from outside the stadium to provide further cushioning.

According to police, Mr Polyakov has visited the region twice before - including using an inflatable kayak in October last year before he was stopped by hotel staff.

In the centre of Murmansk, a giant inflatable whale has taken over one of the city's squares.

Last year, Russian Mikhail Pichugin was rescued after spending more than two months adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk, to the east of Russia.

Video showed active flames under the plane's right engine as an inflatable evacuation slide appeared at the aircraft's rear door.