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Fanatic group threatens to paralyze Heathrow airport

In June and July, the airspace was invaded with drone aircraft

They are called Extinction Rebellion (XR), and they are a socio-political movement that protests in a peaceful way against climate change, biodiversity loss, the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse. And they decided to invade with drone aircraft the airspace of the London-Heathrow airport, the busiest in Europe and the seventh in the world for transited passengers. Specifically, it requires...

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London, UK, 05/31/2019 14:01
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