Twenty environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion broke into a runway at Orly airport on Friday, which has just reopened after almost three months of closure due to the coronavirus epidemic, "briefly" interrupting activity according to ADP. "They broke into a runway" through a "fence" located in the town of Wissous (Essonne), said an airport source. Fifteen people were placed in police custody for "entering the reserved area" and "degradations" in particular, added another airport source.
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According to images posted on the Twitter account of Extinction Rebellion, activists who are calling for an end to air traffic which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, have installed banners in front of an airplane on the runway: "Save the living not planes "or" 15 billion to relaunch the disaster ". "The government is trying to make a com operation on the ban on some domestic flights but - at the same time - it finances with billions of public money the revival of the aeronautical industry. What is the logic?", they denounced in a press release on this operation called "firebird".
We ask @gouvernementFR and @ParisAeroport to immediately stop domestic flights for obvious security reasons: that of ensuring our survival on earth.
We must challenge our lifestyles and make difficult choices to protect ourselves. # Orlypic.twitter.com / WyBnjRHaLS
"Extinction Rebellion calls for a courageous policy to fight climate change and the collapse of biodiversity. Not hypocritical or cowardly measures. We demand the only measure that is necessary: the ban on ALL domestic flights. Now!" , they added. "It is a symbol of facing an airplane, to face what puts us in danger," Franck, a member of the organization, told AFP by telephone, ensuring that the militants had warned security aerial 20 minutes before entering the airport grounds. He was surprised by the reaction time of the police to their operation. "We expected a quicker reaction. It says a lot about security, anyone can come in," he said.
ADP group will file a complaint
The ADP group confirmed the militants' intrusion, ensuring that it would file a complaint. "Airport operations were briefly interrupted. Flight operations were able to resume safely on the other runways of the airport, in full coordination with the relevant state services," he said.
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