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A few hours after Taylor Swift’s private jet landed in London for her Eras Tour this weekend, two Just Stop Oil activists broke into the VIP airfield at Stansted airport. The women recorded themselves using a disc grinder to cut open a chain link fence around the airfield. After entering the property, the activists used fire extinguishers to spray orange paint on parked jets.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Eastern time this morning, the Just Stop Oil account posted the video on X. It stated that the women entered the same airfield where Taylor Swift’s jet was parked. There has been speculation about whether the group used Swift’s name only to garner attention. However, according to the Daily Mail, the group claimed to have used an online flight tracker to locate the celebrity’s jet. So, it seems they were specifically targeting the entertainer’s plane.

As it turns out, none of the damaged planes were Taylor Swift’s private jet

One of the sprayed aircraft was an 18-passenger Gulfstream G650 owned by US Bank, which would have had an original price tag of nearly $76 million. None of the vandalized aircraft were Swift’s.

Interestingly, one of the activists, Jennifer Kowalski, was apparently once a die-hard Swiftie. Reportedly, a photo of her backstage with Taylor Swift nine years ago is circulating.

The Daily Mail shared the following statement from Kowalski: “Over the years, I’ve had to realise that even working in sustainability provides me with essentially no ability to make the necessary changes to prevent the complete collapse of our natural systems. I have to take desperate measures to make my voice heard. In 2024 we all have to be considering what we can do each day to change the course our society is on. We need an emergency treaty to stop the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.”

Both activists were arrested “on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure.”

On Wednesday, June 19, two Just Stop Oil activists sprayed orange paint on the Stonehenge monument.

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