Lhr Intruders Last Night
LHR 09R/27L southern runway closed last night due to intruders running amok airside.
I heard rumour that It was antiwar proterstors trying to stage a sit in on the runway.
Southern runway closed as a precaution as around 4 assailants ran accross the ramp behind T3 in a southwesterly direction towards the T5 construction site.
Loads of police encircled RVP west and taxiways.
Quite a sight to see Police Land Rovers and a Met Police BMW speeding along the southern taxiway and around the holiding areas.
Dog Van arrived and the assailants were taken into custody.
All this happened around 2115local last night.
Southern runway opened again around 2200local.
Backup helicopter arrived too late, after all of the action had ceased. It couldnt get across from the north side due to heavy arrivals & deps on single runway ops from 09L.