According to the group Last Generation, the activists gained access to the airport site through the security fence.
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Dusseldorf, Hamburg Climate activists from the Last Generation group arrived on the runways at Hamburg and Düsseldorf airports on Thursday morning. At the start of the holiday in Hamburg, several people stuck to the runway, the group said. Due to a police operation, flight operations have been suspended since 6.10 a.m., the airport said.
“Takeoffs and landings are currently not possible.” A group of people gained unauthorized access to the airport site – near the runway system. “Air traffic had to be temporarily suspended for safety reasons.”
On twitter wrote the environmental protection activists about the actions: “We are protesting against the government’s lack of planning and breaking the law in the climate crisis.”
A spokesman for the situation center of the Hamburg police confirmed an operation at the airport. According to the group Last Generation, the activists gained access to the airport site through the security fence.
At the same time, activists of the last generation were stuck at the airport in Düsseldorf. According to a dpa photographer, six or seven people were on the access road to the runway in the morning.
Police officers stand on the airfield and try to detach activists from the Last Generation group from the asphalt after they have stuck themselves.
(Photo: dpa)
According to the dpa, there are significant disabilities due to the action.
(Photo: dpa)
According to their own statements, the climate activists cut through a fence to get to the apron of the airfield. This would block the flight of the planes to the runway, it said. Flight operations are temporarily severely restricted, said the dpa photographer. A large number of emergency services are on site.
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