Heathrow Airport: 100 protestors stage 'lie-in' protest at THIRD runway
PROTESTORS have taken over Heathrow Airport to express their disgust at plans for additional runways in the UK.
Protestors lies on the floor in protest
Protestors at Heathrow Airport
People are lying down on the floor in terminal two, holding banners, in protest at plans for any airport expansion.
Some have tape over their mouths, symbolising their belief that their voices are not being heard.
The protest has been organised by campaign group Reclaim the Power, which says more runways would be "devastating for local air quality and for climate change".
Campaigners also joined hands and sang protest songs and a group of 100 cyclists, wearing red, stood in a line outside.
To explain the red line, Reclain the Power tweeted: "Airport expansion is a line that must not be crossed to stop climate change."
Another protestor who does not want any more runways in the UK
Environmental activists hold sing-along protest at Heathrow
Reclaim the Power has staged the protest at Heathrow
A Heathrow spokesman said: "This is a very small minority of people protesting about aviation in general and attempting to disrupt ordinary people as they go about their day-to-day lives.
"Heathrow expansion is not a choice between delivering for the economy and protecting the environment - we can do both.
"Independent analysis by the Airports Commission has found that building and operating an additional runway at Heathrow is compatible with the UK meeting its long-term climate change reduction targets."