Protest At Manchester airport

A protest took place at Manchester airport yesterday where angry protestors from the Plane Stupid group gained access to a non public area and chained themselves to the undercarriage of an aircraft.

The dispute is over plans by Manchester airport to expand its freight services and the impact it may cause to the environment due to additional emissions, reports from Manchester airport indicated that six people were involved in the fracas, which stopped planes from landing or taking off for 20 minutes.

Access to the aircraft was gained after the group cut a hole through the security fence that surrounds the airport, but the airport stated that disruptions were minimal and was soon operating at full pace once the intruders had been removed by the police.

They also protested at the airports freight center simultaneously with the aircraft chaining, there argument is that Manchester airport currently sees 170,000 tonnes of freight each year pass through its terminal that figure is set to rocket to 250,000 tonnes after the expansion.

Annie McLaughlin a Plane Stupid spokesmen said the impact to the environment would be a disaster