James Brown, a partially blind former Paralympic cyclist, climbed atop a British Airways plane as part of Extinction Rebellion protests in London
LONDON - A protester lay on top of a plane while another forced a jet to turn around on the runway as climate change activists descended on London City Airport on Thursday, causing some flight disruption as the number of arrests this week topped 1,000.
“I managed to get on the roof,” Brown said in a video he posted online. “This is all about the climate and ecological crisis. We’re protesting against government inaction.” An Extinction Rebellion protester stands on the top of the roof during a demonstration at London City Airport, in London, Britain, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
“I’m extremely sorry to disturb everybody here. We have two generations of human civilisation left if we carry on doing what we’re doing,” the unnamed man said in a video of the incident, as he politely declined efforts by staff and passengers to get him to sit down. “There are no longer any protesters outside the airport terminal but we continue to work with the Metropolitan Police to ensure that our passengers tonight and tomorrow have a safe and secure service,” airport chief executive Robert Sinclair said.
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