Dozens charged over Stansted airport protest
10 December 2008Thousands of people were forced to wait for hours at the Essex airport as police grappled with protesters who invaded the runway after using bolt cutters to slice through a perimeter fence.
The strike – just after 3am when the airport closed for maintenance – was organised by Plane Stupid to highlight Government’s “‘hypocrisy'” for allowing a new runway at the airport while claiming to be looking for ways to cut CO2 emissions.
The result was 57 arrests, 52 cancelled flights and around 100 more – operated by some 30 airlines – delayed.
source: telegraph.co.uk
