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| Police have arrested 24 protesters who broke through a security gate at Nottingham East Midlands Airport. | |
| Members of an environmental campaign group used cutters to gain access through a fence. The airport said six outbound flights were delayed. | Members of an environmental campaign group used cutters to gain access through a fence. The airport said six outbound flights were delayed. |
| The group, which called itself Plane Stupid, had claimed the number of short-haul flights from the airport was affecting climate change. | The group, which called itself Plane Stupid, had claimed the number of short-haul flights from the airport was affecting climate change. |
| Managers at the airport condemned the protest as "irresponsible". | Managers at the airport condemned the protest as "irresponsible". |
| 'Catastrophic effects' | |
| The protest lasted for about four hours. The campaigners sat on a taxiway between two cargo holds. Baptist Minister Rev Malcolm Carroll led a ceremony in memory of those "who have died as a result of climate change." | |
| The group was said to be part of the wider Climate Camp organisation, responsible for the recent protests at Drax power station in north Yorkshire. | The group was said to be part of the wider Climate Camp organisation, responsible for the recent protests at Drax power station in north Yorkshire. |
| Spokesman Joss Garman said: "Aviation is the greatest contributor to climate change. The effects of aviation on the climate this century, if we don't stop short-haul flights, will be catastrophic." | Spokesman Joss Garman said: "Aviation is the greatest contributor to climate change. The effects of aviation on the climate this century, if we don't stop short-haul flights, will be catastrophic." |
| Seventeen men and seven women were arrested for suspected offences under the Aviation Security Act. | |
| They did not gain access to any aeroplanes or to crucial parts of the airport infrastructure. | |
| Chief Supt Garry Forsyth, of Leicestershire police, said: "Our officers were on scene within minutes and by the time they got there, airport security already had the demonstrators contained. | |
| "Due to the limited and small-scale nature of the protest, we did not find it necessary to deploy all the resources available to us." |