Six people managed to enter the premises and prevent the passage of aircraft on two taxiways, in an action against global warming already announced by the group “Última Generación”. The promotion coincides with the start of the long Pentecost weekend, a time of great influx of travelers.
A group climate activists of the environmental movement ‘Last Generation’ has achieved temporarily stop flights from the international airport Munich (Germany) after jumping the fence and sticking to the approach routes to the runways.
In concrete terms, the activists prevented the passage of aircraft on two taxiways, an airport spokesperson told the German newspaper. Die Welt.
The action started at 5 a.m. and it lasted about two and a half hours before the police put an end to it.
However, according to security forces, the airport’s operations have already been restored 60 flights had to be cancelled and others have had delays of the almost 1,000 flights planned for today beginning of the Pentecost bridgewith around 350,000 people set to use the facilities at Munich Airport this weekend.
According to the same sources, eight people were arrested after this incident. Although they have not yet been identified, the action group ‘Última Generación’ has had previously announced his intention to suspend flights, as it already did in 2022, in protest against the consequences of air trafficwhich represents almost ten percent of Germany’s responsibility for global warming.
“The responsibility lies with the government. “Airlines receive millions in subsidies every year, while trains and other public transport suffer from budget cuts,” the group said.
For her part, the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, has criticized the action, stating that “such actions endanger air transport and damage climate protection because they only lead to misunderstandings.”
Source: EITB
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