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Climate activists from the global environmental group Extinction Rebellion are bringing their protest strategies to new heights.<\/p>\n
In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian James Brownreportedly smuggled a tube of glue throughLondons City Airportand then clambered onto the roof of a British Airways plane and stuck himself there using the glue. Video footage of the incident spread online like wildfire.<\/p>\n
The visually impaired athlete can be seen clinging to the top of the aircraft that was originally bound for Amsterdam. A crowd of airline officials and firefighters latergot him down safely.<\/p>\n
Here I am on top of a f****ing aeroplane at City Airport. I hate heights, Im s***ing myself, I managed to get on the roof, Taylor can be heard saying in a video uploaded to Facebook. I am so shaky.<\/p>\n
In the video, he asks why the UK government sanctions the expansion of airports around the country, while at the same time declaring that there is a climate emergency.<\/p>\n
Over 1,00 Extinction Rebellion arrests have been made this week alone, including 50 who were detained at the airport on Thursday, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n
The socio-political grassroots movement aims to use civil disobedience and zero violence to protest the breakdown of our climate, ecological collapse, and the loss of biodiversity.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Paralympian glues himself to the top of British Airways jet as Extinction Rebellion invades London City airport [ABC News]<\/p>\n
More on Extinction Rebellion: Hackers Stole Old Radiohead Demos Then Got Owned<\/p>\n
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