Climate activists to target London’s Heathrow airport with Drone disruption | World News, The Indian Express

Climate activists to target London’s Heathrow airport with Drone disruption | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |London |Published: August 29, 2019 4:14:31 pm

Climate activists to target London’s Heathrow airport with Drone disruption

The airport said the plan was illegal and counterproductive but said that it had robust plans in place to make sure the airport could continue to operate.

Heathrow could mitigate the impact of the action, but flying drones will add to travel chaos at Europe’s biggest airport in September, with strike action by British Airways pilots also planned. (Source: Openphoto)

British climate change activists said they would disrupt London’s Heathrow airport with toy drones from Sept. 13, a step they hope will ground flights and put pressure on the government to take tougher steps to reduce carbon emissions.