Ten activists arrested at Heathrow, over 30 flights cancelled at Cologne-Bonn, and planes delayed or diverted
Police and Heathrow airport security were on high alert after Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested at the airport’s perimeter fence.Police and Heathrow airport security were on high alert after Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested at the airport’s perimeter fence.In a wave of protests at airports from Oslo to Barcelona, activists disrupted flights and demanded that rich and polluting countries phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
In Austria, activists delayed a flight by refusing to sit down before takeoff while others spilled orange paint in the terminal at Vienna airport. InFurther protests hit airports in Norway, Finland and Spain. In the UK, 10 activists from Just Stop Oil were arrested on suspicion of planning disruption at Heathrow airport. All remain in custody.
“At airports it becomes clear: what used to be normal, we can no longer afford today,” said one Letzte Generation supporter, Lili Gomez.
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