Protestors arrested at Stansted

metman

Around 50 climate activists are being removed and arrested from Stansted after delaying flights in and out of the airport





The airport remains open but outbound flights are subject to some delays and inbound flights have been temporarily diverted. Dozens of protesters from thePlane Stupid action group are being detained by authorities after overcoming a taxiway. One of the activists being held, Lily Kember, told Sky News the group had acted "just to make a point".

"We need people to wake up and realise," she said. "This is a really serious climate emergency and if we don't take it seriously we're going to be in a lot of trouble."

Chief Superintendent Ian Grunsberg of Essex Police told Sky News: "We are at the moment arresting those who have committed a criminal offence.

"We want to ge the runway open as quickly as possible. Some of the protesters have chained themselves to fencing and have got d-locks around their necks."

The group broke through the airport's security perimeter around 3am to protest on the runway. The group said its protesters had chained themselves together and set up a "fort" with security fencing to prevent jets from taking off and landing. Reporting from Stansted, Sky News reporter Mark Stone said: "The protesters enclosed themselves in 6ft-high security fencing - the type normally used to control crowds at festivals. He said the group had succeeded in stopping the first planes of the morning from landing.

Reporting from Stansted, Sky News reporter Mark Stone said: "The protesters enclosed themselves in 6ft-high security fencing - the type normally used to control crowds at festivals. He said the group had succeeded in stopping the first planes of the morning from landing. The activists had cut their way through the security fence with wire-cutters.

In a statement, Plane Stupid said: "The campaigners chose to close Stansted after the Government approved the expansion of capacity at the airport by 10 million passengers a year.

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The runway was reopened by Essex Police shortly after 0800hours.

deadwood

I wonder how many of these guys had to get mater and pater to send them cash so they could fly home from their gap year tramping all over machu picchu just so they could stick it to the man?

metman

Yeah same old same old. Lot of em were germans and dutch, who no doubt flew into the UK to protest over the aviation industry's carbon footprint.

Wonder how much in the way of additional carbon emissions were generated by Stansted flights being diverted elsewhere :rolleyes:

Oh the irony.

Airport

Fair Play to the Essex lads and all staff involved for bringing this dangerous situation to peacefil conclusion. Still seems that there still some very stupid people out there who clearly have no care for safety of others.

Latchy

On the one hand you could say it weas an act of stupidity and inconvience to many ,on the other it brings the climate change topic to the surface .The protestors will have succeeded and in getting their point across .

deadwood

latchyco wrote: »

On the one hand you could say it weas an act of stupidity and inconvience to many ,on the other it brings the climate change topic to the surface .The protestors will have succeeded and in getting their point across .

Nothing wrong with peaceful protest.

Latchy

deadwood wrote: »

Nothing wrong with peaceful protest.

No absolutely not so the protestors may have had other motives in disrupting the airports or just saw that taken bigger action gets bigger news coverage .But i agree and I am all for the peaceful protest.

AlekSmart

Good Girl Lily....wonder what her form is like...probably doing the Grand Tour,next stop the N3 Navan/Skryne site or perhaps Bellanaboy ?

The only pre-requsite for Lily and her fellow travellers was their ability to completely air-brush out the THOUSANDS of ordinary people attempting to fly in or out of Stanstead today.

Presumably Lily and the Lads could`nt give a rat`s-ass about the needs or priorities of these "Ordinary" people...the requirements of the Lumpen Proletariat don`t wash at all when one is about the higher order of Saving the Planet.

Probably would`nt occur to Lily that not all of those "ordinary" folk who use Air Travel are active supporters of the mode nor are they all totally ignorant of the downsides of it either..however for many of these people there is NO viable alternative available in a modern world unless one decides to adopt a hermit like approach.

On another tack It appears from Ryanair`s site that the "Incursion" began at 0300 with the Airport not being re-opened until 0806.
This would appear to be quite a prolonged loss of use given that Stanstead could be considered a very High-Profile site with a commensurate heightened general security level.

Ah well as Mick O Leary constantly proves there no such thing as bad publicity :P

metman

AlekSmart wrote: »

On another tack It appears from Ryanair`s site that the "Incursion" began at 0300 with the Airport not being re-opened until 0806. This would appear to be quite a prolonged loss of use given that Stanstead could be considered a very High-Profile site with a commensurate heightened general security level.

Ah well as Mick O Leary constantly proves there no such thing as bad publicity :P

I listened to some numpty on Sky News this morning trying to argue that it wasn't a big issue that the airfield was infiltrated as 'afterall its not like that thing in Glasgow where a madman was trying to blow the place up'.....ahh right, that's the difference, the intent, not the actus reus; the mere fact that 57 people managed to cut a big feckin hole in the perimeter fence of the UKs 3rd busiest airport and set up a small camp for 5 hours on the runway in no way, shape or form could be viewed as a failing in security or an opportunity for those hell bent on mass murder to do likewise. The fact that the protesters didn't blow anything up is a clear indication that terrorists would have been unable to :rolleyes:

BAA needs to get the finger out, but if that involves spending money on (what is perceived as surplus to requirement) security, this may well happen again.

Airport

metman wrote: »

BAA needs to get the finger out, but if that involves spending money on (what is perceived as surplus to requirement) security, this may well happen again.

Well said that man!

Eru

Professional protestors flying around the world (using aeroplanes which are owned by large corporations) using dole money (provided by governments) to protest against large corporations and governments then off to Indymedia to post about their exploits using a Dell / IBM/ Gateway compoter with its built in Microsoft explorer.

Majority not being from the area or indeed, effected by whatever it is they are protesting against.

eroo

Reminds me of the incident in Shannon a few years ago when the 'peaceful protesters' took an axe to a US military contracted plane. A Garda on duty had fallen asleep, and they got in. He lost his job, the poor guy. Still though, security at Airports should be high enough to stop something like this happenening.

Hellm0

metman wrote: »

I listened to some numpty on Sky News this morning trying to argue that it wasn't a big issue that the airfield was infiltrated as 'afterall its not like that thing in Glasgow where a madman was trying to blow the place up'.....ahh right, that's the difference, the intent, not the actus reus; the mere fact that 57 people managed to cut a big feckin hole in the perimeter fence of the UKs 3rd busiest airport and set up a small camp for 5 hours on the runway in no way, shape or form could be viewed as a failing in security or an opportunity for those hell bent on mass murder to do likewise. The fact that the protesters didn't blow anything up is a clear indication that terrorists would have been unable to :rolleyes:

BAA needs to get the finger out, but if that involves spending money on (what is perceived as surplus to requirement) security, this may well happen again.

Shhh, don't tell anyone but you know those terrorists who are bent on mass murder? They don't exist!

metman

Hellm0 wrote: »

Shhh, don't tell anyone but you know those terrorists who are bent on mass murder? They don't exist!

You're Jacqui Smith aren't you.

DublinWriter

metman wrote: »

Yeah same old same old. Lot of em were germans and dutch, who no doubt flew into the UK to protest over the aviation industry's carbon footprint.

Wonder how much in the way of additional carbon emissions were generated by Stansted flights being diverted elsewhere :rolleyes:

Oh the irony.

Hear hear. Methinks passenger profiling will be extended to include the so-called 'eco-warriors' into the lists of subversives and terrorists.

We can only hope.

Hellm0

metman wrote: »

You're Jacqui Smith aren't you.

Ehm, I advocate the dissolution of government and whole heatedly support a politically aware populace which has no fear of toppling corrupt and or inadequate bodies of leadership.

So no, I am not an authoritarian bureaucrat. Not even in the slightest. Especially seeing as I am male!

JonAnderton

Hellm0 wrote: »

Ehm, I advocate the dissolution of government and whole heatedly support a politically aware populace which has no fear of toppling corrupt and or inadequate bodies of leadership.

So no, I am not an authoritarian bureaucrat. Not even in the slightest. Especially seeing as I am male!

That told you Metman!

:rolleyes:

An Fear Aniar

metman wrote: »

"We need people to wake up and realise," she said. "This is a really serious climate emergency and if we don't take it seriously we're going to be in a lot of trouble."

Yeah, we're all dumb drones. We need to be led by some Trot.... This is what I hated about the Student Union.

In a statement, Plane Stupid said: "The campaigners chose to close Stansted after the Government approved the expansion of capacity at the airport by 10 million passengers a year.

Not many chose to vote Green or SWP in the last election, what's my point here? Oh yeah, I dislike these people.



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whytek

metman wrote: »

Yeah same old same old. Lot of em were germans and dutch, who no doubt flew into the UK to protest..

Hi Metman, Do you have a special connection to the group Plane Stupid that leaves you without a doubt about that fact?

DublinWriter wrote: »

Hear hear.

Did you mean: hearsay hearsay.

metman

whytek wrote: »

Hi Metman, Do you have a special connection to the group Plane Stupid that leaves you without a doubt about that fact?

I always have a special connection with those who break the law, its called a pair of handcuffs.

Special Connection ->

eroo

metman wrote: »

I always have a special connection with those who break the law, its called a pair of handcuffs.

Good to see you on boards Mr.Hunt!:cool:

metman

JonAnderton wrote: »

That told you Metman!

:rolleyes:

As hellm0 most likely also advocates the dismantling of the police...I'm yet to be convinced its not Jacqui

Eru

metman wrote: »

As hellm0 most likely also advocates the dismantling of the police

But then who would rob, kill and just generally intimidate and harass innocent people? Oh wait.......