Cambridge University student Just Stop Oil protester delayed 4,000 plane passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, court hears

A Just Stop Oil protester from Cambridge University delayed 4,000 British Airways passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, a court heard. In a statement read out to Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, senior manager at British Airways, Edwin Hall, said 3,923 customers were affected by delays and cancellations due to the protest. A Just Stop Oil protester from Cambridge University delayed 4,000 British Airways passengers by scaling a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow, a court heard Broadcaster and environmentalist Chris Packham, 62, said he had been stuck in the traffic for four to five hours during a trip from Hampshire to Surrey Specialist police climbers prepare to remove a protester after they climbed an overhead motorway gantry on the M25 causing both carriageways to be closed by police The protest was staged on July 20, 2022 - a day after the UK recorded a temperature of above 40C for the first time Gethin, who has taken two years out of her university studies, said during the trial that she aimed to 'interrupt business as usual' and draw media attention to the 'dire situation' represented by the temperature in Britain. In a statement read out to Isleworth Crown Court, senior manager at British Airways, Edwin Hall, said 3,923 customers were affected by delays and cancellations due to the protest The defendant added that she did not realise she was so close to Heathrow and did not choose the location 'If you were a climate refugee, forced out of your home country by heat, drought and social conflict, would missing a flight feel serious in comparison?