Climate activists glue themselves to Munich airport runway, pausing traffic

A group of climate protesters have been arrested in Germany after breaking into an airport and gluing themselves to the runway. Six activists broke through security fencing at Munich airport in the German state of Bavaria on Saturday, according to the news outlet dpa. Approximately sixty flights were canceled after the half-dozen protesters glued themselves to the tarmac, forcing officials to temporarily close the airport.

An additional fourteen flights into Munich were forced to divert to other nearby airports to avoid the disruption. Climate protest coalition Last Generation took credit for the stunt, claiming it was intended to draw attention to the German government's inaction on the airline industry's environmental impact.

All six protesters were arrested and charged by law enforcement. 'Trespassing in the aviation security area is no trivial offense. Over hundreds of thousands of passengers were prevented from a relaxed and punctual start to their Pentecost holiday,' German Airports Association General Manager Ralph Beisel told dpa.

Such criminal actions threaten air traffic and harm climate protection because they only cause lack of understanding and anger,' German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote about the protests on social media platform X. The Munich incident was just one of many similar protests around the world against air transportation. Last Generation has performed at least two similar airport disruptions in Germany since last year.

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