{"id":952902,"date":"2021-11-02T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=952902"},"modified":"2021-11-02T09:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:28:55","slug":"climate-activists-glue-themselves-to-airport-runway-during-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-glue-themselves-to-airport-runway-during-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Activists Glue Themselves to Airport Runway During Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-activists-glue-themselves-to-airport-runway-during-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=952902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1209556588-e1635796165537-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Climate activists attempted to block air traffic at eight different airports across Sweden, with several glueing themselves to a runway.<\/p>\n<p>The protests took part at many of the country\u2019s major airports on Sunday and saw at least 15 people belonging to the&nbsp;Extinction Rebellion climate change activist group being arrested by Swedish police as they made attempts to block aeroplanes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Per Fahlstr\u00f6m of the Stockholm police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/klimataktivister-forsokte-stoppa-flygplan\">spoke<\/a> to broadcaster SVT on the incident at Stockholm\u2019s Bromma airport, saying: \u201cOnce there, we found two people in the area by the aircraft. They have been arrested and are suspected of airport sabotage. When we searched the area, we arrested two more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Airport a man and a woman were arrested after glueing their hands to the runway of the airport, a tactic that a woman and her daughter attempted to carry out at Malmo\u2019s airport as well, but they were removed by police.<\/p>\n<p>Both the V\u00e4xj\u00f6 and Bromma airports had to be closed due to the disruptions and planes to Bromma were diverted to Arlanda airport instead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1625344352617\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a> <br \/>XR are demanding that subsidies to the aviation industry ends.<br \/>Klimataktivist Esther har limmat fast sig framf\u00f6r plan p\u00e5 Bromma flygplats. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExtinctionRebellion<\/a> kr\u00e4ver att vansinnet med subventioneringen av flyget upph\u00f6r. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExtinctionR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ExtinctionR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GlobalWarming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GlobalWarming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nyp1ATBJCb\">pic.twitter.com\/Nyp1ATBJCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Extinction Rebellion Sverige (@ExtinctionR_SV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExtinctionR_SV\/status\/1454768363754950656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aviation expert Jan Ohlsson commented on the protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nyheter\/a\/mrzypv\/experten-skyddet-av-en-flygplats-ar-som-en-lok\">telling<\/a> newspaper <em>Aftonbladet<\/em> that the actions we \u201ctotally reprehensible\u201d and adding: \u201cThis affects third parties who are going home or to their workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can have serious consequences for society. This has to be curbed very quickly,\u201d Ohlsson added.<\/p>\n<p>The protests are not the first time Extinction Rebellion climate activists have attempted to block air traffic in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in July, activists blocked an aeroplane at&nbsp;\u00c4ngelholm\u2013Helsingborg Airport, getting on a runway in front of a SAS airlines flight and claimed the stunt was due to government bailouts of the airline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSAS flights blocked by rebels. No crisis packages for dirty industries! Activists physically block a domestic flight and demand that no taxpayers\u2019 money will be spent on saving the aviation industry,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come as climate change activists in Insulate Britain, an Extinction Rebellion splinter group, have blocked traffic in various areas over the last several weeks as well, with one man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/1511675\/insulate-britain-protester-glued-face-to-road-admits-regret-protests-london-uk\">glueing his face to a road<\/a> last week to block traffic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.041958041958\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extinction Rebellion Extremists Block Aeroplane at Swedish airport <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nntvPmBwaY\">https:\/\/t.co\/nntvPmBwaY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1278664719537037312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">&nbsp;Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate activists attempted to block air traffic at eight different airports across Sweden, with several glueing themselves to a runway. 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