A protest by climate activists forced Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt to suspend arrivals and departures.
Weather blocked runways by gluing themselves to the tarmac.
Frankfurt airport, one of the country’s busiest airports and a major international hub.
Air travel across Europe at the height of the summer holiday season to highlight the threat posed by climate change.
Frankfurt Airport said flights were halted for safety reasons after climate activists breached security fences, triggering.
A response from police, firefighters and airport security officers.
All runways were back in operation by 7:50 a.m. local time, the airport said in a statement on its website.
German Interior Minister Nancy Fuser, whose ministry wants to punish unauthorized airfield access with up to two years in prison.
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Called the demonstration “dangerous, dumb and criminal”.
“These acts must be punished more severely. We have proposed severe prison sentences.
She added in a post on X.
The German news agency reported that police detained eight people.
The group, which wants the German government to pursue a global agreement to exit oil.
Authorities have listed several countries across Europe and North America where they plan similar disruptions.
Which said it was planning to disrupt airports in several countries in the coming months.
According to Our World in Data, a research organization, global aviation is responsible for about 2.5 percent of global carbon emissions.
And has contributed “around 4 percent to global warming”.
Thursday’s protest came a day after similar demonstrations took place across several European airports.
Including London’s Heath row, where authorities arrested several activists on Wednesday.
At Austria’s Vienna airport, four activists poured an orange substance in one of the airport’s halls, holding signs that read, “Oil kills”.
We sharply condemn these unauthorized demonstrations, and we reserve the right to take legal action against the participants,” the airport said.
Their activities pose severe danger to flight operations possibly putting human life at risk.
