Climate activists in London paint planes orange, one day after doing the same to Stonehenge

Two climate activists were arrested on June 20, 2024, after cutting through a fence at a London airport and spray-painting private jets orange.

Essex police said two women were arrested in a private area of London Stansted Airport on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure.

Environmental group Just Stop Oil posted video of someone cutting through a security fence followed by a clip of a woman using a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint on at least two private jets.

An airport spokesperson said the incident was three miles (5 kilometers) from the main terminal and police said there was no threat the public.

The airfield, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of central London, is the city’s third busiest airport and is often used by government officials and visiting world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden.

Just Stop Oil said the airfield was where Taylor Swift’s jet was parked, but Essex police said the pop star’s aircraft was not at the airport. Swift is doing three shows at London's Wembley Stadium from Friday through Sunday.

The arrests come a day after two of the group’s activists were detained for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge. The historic monument was defaced one day before the summer solstice, when thousands journey to the stones to celebrate the longest day of the year and the official start of summer.

[scottmattern]

To what end? Aren't they just causing more pollution and wasted energy to clean their mess?

[ZoeBirdie]

And how does this vandalism make a statement?

[anaeichenlaub]

Prison time...this just shows how safe England's Airfields are...they could put explosives in planes and nobody would know....CRAZY! SECURE YOUR AIRFIELDS PEOPLE.

[lazyboylarry]

How does their vandalism make a difference in climate?!

[robotviewer]

And this is how you never get to fly again for the rest of your life.

[Bill_cipher_official_account]

Wow so smart to put your FACE in a video of you commenting a crime

[HateIncarnate]

So uhhhh.... whos gonna tell them what paint is made out of 💀


Also i love that little carpetmunching hug they did at the end. Truly Revolutionaries ✊🏿

[fishingwiththewolf]

Narcissist and manipulation
They think that’s how they get what they want.

[quieneselpatron]

I can see this picking up steam if someone else in the UK is disgruntled about something

[okaydookay]

Is that the same paint that they used on the stone henge? The one that's made of cornstarch and is supposed to just come off in the rain?

[VVasiLissa]

Почему они не голые, одежда тоже загрязняет окружающую среду😂

[Mark-itue]

More worried about how easy to get onto airfield

[joenolan]

Just think of all the volatile solvents that will be used to clean that mess up. …and how much of it will drip to the ground and have a potential path to groundwater.
Why are so many activists absolutely bereft of common sense and basic knowledge?

[timsavini]

Get a specialist cleaning firm in and get billed for well over £5000. That's the threshold amount that turns criminal damage from being a summary only offence (Magistrates Court trial) into an indictable offence(Crown Court trial).
Goodnight ladies.

[tonysomoza]

Those planes are going to the scrap yard tomorrow anyways. Oooppss.

[travised]

YouTube should cancel all this what are we teaching the younger age vandalism is good speak with words not with those actions

[gametvku]

how it's done to your house and your car, would you accept it?

[KGardanier]

She’d be in a throathold until the cops arrived to arrest her.

[Speedylive]

Hoffentlich ist die Farbe biologisch abbaubar 😮😮

[stephanbernhardt]

Gut sowas zu sehen...
Sie Filmen sich selbst !!
😢