FRANKFURT: Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport suspended flights for several hours on Wednesday (Jul 24) after climate activists glued themselves to a runway, while similar actions at other European airports were foiled by authorities.
A display shows cancelled flights on the day activists of the "Letzte Generation" protest for a change in climate policy at the Cologne-Bonn airport in Cologne, Germany, on Jul 24, 2024. FRANKFURT: Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport suspended flights for several hours on Wednesday after climate activists glued themselves to a runway, while similar actions at other European airports were foiled by authorities.
The campaign group Last Generation said on X that it had blocked air traffic at the airport, and published pictures of several activists with their hands glued to the runway. Authorities said separately that activists' attempts to disrupt airports in London, Vienna, Oslo and Zurich had been foiled, and no major air traffic delays were reported there.
In Switzerland, three anti-oil demonstrators were detained after blocking a road to Zurich airport, police said. Footage broadcast on Swiss media showed a man gluing his hand to the road, sitting beside two other protesters holding banners.
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