Climate activists broke onto the runway at Frankfurt Airport today and glued themselves to the tarmac, forcing a temporary halt to flights. It’s time to severely punish these thugs for their misguided advocacy.
Hundreds Of Flights Cancelled, Delayed, Or Diverted After Climate Activists Break Into Frankfurt Airport
The incident occurred earlier this morning, July 25, 2024, just after 7:00 am local time. A group of climate activists from The Last Generation, which calls itself a national student-led climate research organization focused on raising awareness for the climate movement among youth, breached the security perimeter of the airport and glued themselves to the runway.
Their action caused the temporary closure of the airport, forcing flight cancellations and delays and at least 40 inbound flights to divert to other German airports.
Frankfurt Airport issued a statement saying:
“This morning, climate activists gained illegal access to Frankfurt Airport. For safety reasons, flight operations had to be temporarily suspended for the entire airport as a result of the incident.
“We sharply condemn these unauthorized demonstrations, and we reserve the right to take legal action against the participants. Their activities pose severe danger to flight operations – possibly putting human life at risk.”
I hope they do take legal action against the participants for civil damages and I hope that German prosecutors also go after these thugs.
You can strongly believe in your cause, but you better be prepared to accept responsibility for your actions. When your actions disrupt commerce and put others at risk, you should be punished in order to deter others from doing the same thing. I’d love to see a 10-year jail sentence and a €1 million fine for every hooligan who participated in today’s action.
Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has called out for more severe prison sentences:
“These actions are dangerous, stupid and criminal. Those who block runways not only risk their own lives, but also endanger others and harm all travelers. These acts must be punished more severely. We have proposed severe prison sentences.”
Diese Aktionen sind gefährlich, dumm und kriminell. Wer Landebahnen blockiert, riskiert nicht nur sein eigenes Leben, sondern gefährdet auch andere und schadet allen Reisenden. Diese Taten müssen strenger geahndet werden. Wir haben empfindliche Freiheitsstrafen vorgeschlagen. https://t.co/1tDrFG093y
— Nancy Faeser (@NancyFaeser) July 25, 2024
It is unacceptable to cripple commerce because of your Talibanistinc zeal for your cause. In developed nations, the root of change lies through moral suasion and the ballot box, not vigilantism. My own opinion is that any solution to the “climate crisis” includes adaptation and cultivating technology to address rising temperatures and sea levels, because you’re not willing to curb consumption and I’m not either…and developing nations like India and China certainly are not. If there is anything humans can do (and that is not at all clear to me), our “solution” lies in desalination, carbon capture, and the next great technology to turn climate change into something useful.
CONCLUSION
Climate activists managed to breach the security perimeter of Frankfurt Airport and cause flight disruptions today by gluing themselves to the runway. Flight operations have resumed, but the disruption during the peak morning travel time meant hundreds of flights were delayed, canceled, or forced to divert. It’s time to hold thugs like this more accountable for their selfish and misguided actions.
It’s less slowing commerce and more that incoming 747s and A380s with fewer viable diversion airports then have to scramble to find one they have enough fuel to reach that’s the biggest problem here, and the threat to human life imo
….the ballot box…hahahahahahaha….how’s that going?
helps to UNDERSTAND what is going on first…then question — why is “climate science” so off…many of the changes we see now…WERE not supposed to happen for decades and decades…and many things going on, don’t fit the current climate model.
Youtube channel – World of Signs
Sott dot net – Earth Changes monthly video summaries – also on Youtube
Youtube channel – Two Preachers [though not updated in awhile]
End Times Prohecy website – Mass Animal Deaths [can find lists that go back many years….even to 2012 if you change the search bar]
don’t need to agree with any religious angles…but until you look those up or similar…and do honest detailed research,
one is clueless about what is really going on.
Why did animals start dying en masse starting from around 2012….[oh never mind…most people don’t care about nature
in that way]
When did sinkholes start forming all over the place? Is that caused by CO2?
……
It is genuinely sad that the university system, with help from social media, has created a death cult of young people who think this sort of crime is reasonable. It is time to do what their parents and the educational system were unable to do, which is to teach them that actions have consequences. No matter how strongly you feel about an issue, you simply do not get to forcibly disrupt other people’s lives to demand attention. If you feel that climate change/Ukraine/Gaza /abortion/gun control/whatever is that important, then by all means, spend your life raising money, calling elected officials, attending lawful protests, and otherwise legally and peacefully supporting your cause. Society just cannot function when groups of people think that their issue is important enough that it warrants the destruction of property or the interruption of transportation (through which people are undoubtedly seeking important medical treatment, attending family weddings/funerals, or otherwise attending to vitally important, time-sensitive issues). Matthew is right that only severe consequences are going to stop this behavior.
Feel really bad for the passengers who got their flights canceled
These are the shock troops of the progressives you vote for. Maybe you think you will get a high enough social credit score that they will still allow you to fly–but I would not count on it.
The only reason they keep doing this is because people are too soft and let them achieve their goal which is to cause disruptions. Leave them glued there. A moron like this would be a small bump on the road for a A380 or a 747 so these planes can just run them over and won’t feel much at all. Once you let planes run them over just once, I can guarantee you the other cult members won’t do this again.
They see themselves as heroes. It’s a merit badge for them, and they’d like to think themselves in the category of Shindler or, maybe, the Tiananmen Square guy. They illegally break into and occupy a university’s building and are shocked that they face consequences like arrest and expulsion from the university. Sadly, while they aren’t expecting punishment, they would see their serving serious time as making them another Mandela. Of course, this isn’t just an issue of the left. Think January 6.
Oh, but still give them major time.
For future activists, glue removal is painful when someone decides to rip you off the runway. Protests that cause more damage to your goal make you less credible.
I think this is more of a revelation of how weak the security is at FRA. It’s not like we’re talking about some single runway airport in a third world country.
Ironic that their actions only increased carbon emissions, as aircraft had to either divert to another airport, which only adds an additional flight to restage the aircraft, or go into holding until able to land.
My favorite response was Volkswagen, when climate activists glued themselves to the floor of their museum. The staff simply ignored them, then turned out the lights and went home for the day and left them glued to the floor overnight. The activists complained they were not given food or the ability to use restrooms. Bet they don’t try that again.