An Aer Lingus flight to Dublin due to take off at London City Airport on was forced to return back to the terminal after an Extinction Rebellion (XR) protester disrupted the flight.
Just about to take from London city airport. Our flight was infiltrated by a climate change protestor. #londoncityairport #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/eWBeeUiGHM
— Warren Swalbe (@wazzas) October 10, 2019
Pictures and a video have emerged on Twitter showing a man telling cabin crew “I don’t wish to travel with you, but I don’t wish to get off.”
He added, “I’m extremely sorry for the inconvenience.”
A passenger on the flight was heard asking the cabin crew, “do us all a favour and remove him from the plane.”
Police boarded the plane and arrested the protester.
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