At
a time of heightened vigilance in Britain, the security breach fanned
concerns about security at Europe’s busiest airport after the activists
gained access to the northern runway.
About a dozen protesters from the group Plane Stupid
managed to cut through the wire fence and enter the runway at 3:30 a.m.
to demonstrate against a politically divisive proposal over a third
runway at Heathrow.
The
police said six protesters had been arrested. Twenty-two flights were
canceled as a result of the disruption, the airport said, although other
flights on the northern runway continued to take off during the
protest.
