--- title: "A Climate Protester Just Glued Himself to the Top of an Airplane" description: "In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian and bronze medal winner James Brown glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at a London airport." date: "2019-10-11" modified: "2019-10-11" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-protester-airplane" categories: - "Climate Change" - "Environment" - "Science & Energy" tags: - "climate change" - "extinction" - "protest" - "the digest" --- # A Climate Protester Just Glued Himself to the Top of an Airplane ![In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian and bronze medal winner James Brown glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at a London airport.]() *\Image: Jonmew via Twitter\* ## Plane Resistance Climate activists from the global environmental group Extinction Rebellion are bringing their protest strategies to new heights. In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian James Brown [reportedly smuggled]() a tube of glue through London's City Airport and 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. https://youtu.be/HtmN4RJfDN4 ## Top Flight 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 later got him down safely. “Here I am on top of a f\*\*\*\*ing aeroplane at City Airport. I hate heights, I’m 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." 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](). ## Mass Arrests 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*](). 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. **READ MORE:** [Paralympian glues himself to the top of British Airways jet as Extinction Rebellion invades London City airport]() \[*ABC News*\] **More on Extinction Rebellion:** *[Hackers Stole Old Radiohead Demos — Then Got Owned]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()