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Climate activists glue themselves to airport runway

───   05:48 Fri, 25 Nov 2022

Climate activists glue themselves to airport runway | News Article
PHOTO: Letzte Generation/Reuters

Climate protesters broke on to a runway at Berlin's Brandenburg Airport and glued themselves to the tarmac, causing its temporary closure and delays to flights.


After activists gained unauthorised access to an area not open to the public, Berlin police said they encountered "several people," with some glueing themselves to the ground.

Activists from the Last Generation environmental group, who say a 70-year-old man was among those involved, were also seen riding bicycles across the shunting area, bringing air traffic to a standstill.

Video footage shows members of the group climbing through a wire fence that had been cut to access the runway.

The group called on the public to stop travelling by air and on the government to stop subsidising it.

Last Generation said in a statement: "The plane is not a means of transport for ordinary people. Most people - around 80% - have never flown.

"One affluent percent of the population is responsible for around half of flight-related greenhouse gas emissions".

The airport said flights were resuming with some delays after it was forced to close its runways.

Sky News


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