An Air France 777 was just destroyed by Greenpeace at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Greenpeace “paints” Air France 777 greenToday a group of Greenpeace protesters painted an Air France 777 green at Charles de Gaulle Airport. It is unknown how exactly they managed to bypass security and get onto the tarmac (but that seems like a security risk and someone should be held accountable) but they did. They sprayed the plane for quite a while in white suits with the words “Greenwashing in Progress” written on it.
The aircraft that was spray painted was an Air France 777-200ER with registration code F-GSPB. The plane was delivered to the airline in 1998 and has not flown for almost a year. The last flight for this aircraft was on March 17, 2020 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Greenpeace, it is a non-governmental environmental organization that calls itself “non-violent creative action to pave the way for a greener, more peaceful world and to face the systems that threaten our environment” describes. What was Greenpeace’s motive?Greenpeace is angry because the organization believes that a significant reduction in air traffic is needed to address climate change. This is how the Greenpeace website describes its actions and attitudes:
In particular, Greenpeace argues that:
If you are wondering how politicians are taking this feedback, the answer seems to be “not very good”. Greenpeace France tweeted to French Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, saying the following:
Djebbari simply replied to this tweet by saying:
Bottom lineGreenpeace managed to break into the safe area of Charles de Gaulle Airport and spray an Air France 777 green as part of an environmental protest. The organization does this a few days before the French government discusses a climate change law.
Via https://globalconnekt.com/air-france-777-destroyed-by-greenpeace/
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