AN Extinction Rebellion protester glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at London City Airport today.

The man, who Extinction Rebellion identified as former Paralympic cyclist James Brown, was seen holding onto the aircraft in a video streamed online by the protest group.

Brown, who is visually impaired, was arrested at Heathrow last month after a protest which saw some Extinction Rebellion activists try to fly a drone near the airport.

The 54-year-old, a former Paralympic athlete who won a bronze medal at London 2012, glued himself to the top of a BA Embraer 190 jet.

In a video he posted online he said: "Here I am on top of a f****** aeroplane at City Airport. I hate heights, I'm s******* myself, I managed to get on the roof. I am so shaky.

"This is all about the climate and ecological crisis, we’re protesting against government inaction on climate and ecological breakdown. They declare a climate emergency and then do nothing about it.

"In fact they go the opposite direction, they sanction the expansion of airports, Heathrow, Bristol and others. We can’t let this go on, we can't have our cake and eat it.

"He later noticed security were approaching and said: Oh good security are coming. I hope they don’t take too long because this is f****** scary".

He was eventually removed.

A spokeswoman for BA said "we are investigating what happened as a matter of urgency".

Meanwhile another protester managed to ground a flight from London City Airport to Dublin today – to the fury of the passengers on board.

The Aer Lingus flight this morning was on the runway and about to take off when a smartly dressed man stood up and gave a lecture on climate change.

Filming himself on his phone, the man said: "I don't wish to travel with you, but I don't wish to get off".

He went on: "I'm extremely sorry for the inconvenience".

Furious passengers responded saying: "You're not sorry at all".

As their flight was held up, travellers pleaded with crew to remove the bespectacled man from the plane.

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