Ten protesters were detained near the airport last week, suspected of trying to disrupt its operations.
Two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday, after they sprayed orange paint over passenger information screens and other airport fixtures, police have confirmed.
The group said the protest was part of a campaign to disrupt airports during the summer holidays as part of its drive to stop the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
One of the pair was Phoebe Plummer, out on conditional bail after a Southwark judge last week found her guilty of causing criminal damage to Vincent van Gogh’s iconic ‘Sunflowers’ painting in a 2022 stunt. The bail conditions banned her from carrying paint, glue or any adhesive substance in a public place, the BBC wrote last week.
Footage shared on the Just Stop Oil account on X appears to show two activists spraying orange paint on passenger information screens, windows and floors of the airport, using pressurized paint from two containers resembling fire extinguishers.
🚨 BREAKING: HEATHROW AIRPORT PAINTED ORANGE
🧯 Phoebe and Jane have covered the departure boards in terminal five in orange paint, as part of the international uprising with @_oilkills.
🛢️ Demand our government Just Stop Oil by 2030 — https://t.co/xAyrqHDJYe pic.twitter.com/cDOGC2og9B
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) July 30, 2024
On their website, the movement claimed the stunt was part of a wider international ‘Oil Kills’ push by them and other activist groups to curb the use of fossil fuels by the end of the decade.
“21 groups across 12 countries have taken action at 18 airports so far,” the organization wrote. According to media reports, during those incidents dozens of flights had to be cancelled or diverted at airports across Europe as activists glued themselves to the landings strips and pulled other stunts.
Last week, ten activists from Just Stop Oil were arrested outside Heathrow and charged with “conspiring to interfere with key national infrastructure,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on X. “Eight were remanded in custody with two released on bail,” they added.
This latest stunt from Just Stop Oil comes two weeks after two activists from the group vandalized the prehistoric Stonehenge landmark in southwest England, using orange paint. The group’s other stunts have included throwing soup at priceless works of art, and gluing themselves to paintings.
Just when you think you couldn’t possibly hate them any more…
There are gay vegan cyclists less obnoxious than these idiots.
Arrest these arrogant and annoying people and put them on “chain gangs” where they work their way to pay off the damage that they have done.
Put them in a non heated house somewhere in mountainous area the whole winter. No hot water either.
Some have to feel to understand
Another reason to re-open maximum-security nut houses, complete with strait jackets, ECT, and cold water high-pressure bathing with a fire hose!!!
THESE are the true candidates for Hellary Kiliton’s ‘Fun Camp’…!
They are aware paint is made from oil right?
Oh the Irony. Without fossil fuels there would be no paint or their pressurised containers. Also, without fossil-based transport and roads they would not even have been able to get there. Oh, and they would be naked.
Too little oil and everything seizes, too much oil and all manner of damage is done to the engine.