Frankfurt Airport, one of Europe’s busiest travel hubs, was forced to suspend operations on Thursday morning after eco-activists from the Last Generation movement staged a daring protest by gluing themselves to the runway. The unprecedented action caused widespread disruption, with over 50 flights diverted to other airports.
According to Report, which cites Flightradar, a flight tracking service, the number of affected flights continues to grow as the protest unfolds.
A police representative at the airport told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the activists managed to breach the airport’s perimeter fence and successfully disabled all four runways.
This incident follows a similar protest at Cologne Bonn Airport the previous day, which also brought operations to a standstill.
The Last Generation activists released a press statement demanding that the German government support the development and signing of a legally binding international agreement to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
