FRANKFURT, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Operations at Frankfurt Airport were temporarily suspended after several climate activists gained access to the runway and glued themselves to the tarmac on Thursday, the German airport said on the X social media platform.
Federal and state police as well as the airport security and fire department responded immediately, it said. For safety reasons, flight operations at the entire airport had been suspended for about two hours.
Approximately 1,400 flights were scheduled for the day and more than 50 flights were diverted away from Frankfurt Thursday morning. Passengers were advised to check their flight status on the airlines' websites before traveling to the airport.
At 0502 GMT, one of the airport's landing runways was able to operate again, and the airport has been ramping up efforts to restore full operation. ■