In June 2024, Telegram channels reported that Just Stop Oil activists doused the American singer at one of London airports with paint. We checked the reliability of such publications.

On June 20 and 21, Telegram spread a message that activists of the radical environmental movement of the Just Stop Oil illegally penetrated the territory of the London Airport Stasted and doused two private aircraft with orange paint. It was argued that one of them belonged to the American singer Taylor Swift, who flew to the UK as part of his tour.

Such publications appeared, for example, in the channels "VPSh"(383,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Politics of the country"(79,000),"The voice of the country"(65 000),"Sobchak"(64,000),"Tucker Carlson for Russia"(56 000), Neplaton (39,000) and "House of celebrities"(29,000). At the same time, other channels claimed that the activists “confused” the planes and the business jet Swift during the action were not injured. This was written, in particular, ""KB"(227,000 views),"KK"(133 000), News.ru (38,000) "Japage Malevich"(33,000) and Share (25,000). These two versions of the development of events combined in his post "Nemorgenstern”(130,000 views): The publication title says that“ eco -activists doused the Taylor Swift plane with paint, ”and at the end of the record states that“ none of the [injured] aircraft belonged. ” Moreover, some channels are among them "New edition"(73,000) and SVTV News (35,000)-they argued that the Celebrity business jet was not at all at the airfield where the activists made their way. 

Just Stop Oil is a radical environmental movement that appeared in the UK in 2022. Its participants carry out promotions, the purpose of which is to attract public attention to the problem of climate change and put pressure on the British government so that it takes obligations to rejection of fossil fuel. Movement participants are trying to tear off Football matches And competitions in motorsport, Pour soup of the picture and Glue themselves to the frames in galleries, block Roads And gas stations, spray paint on Government buildings And Monuments of architecture.

Video, which usually accompanies posts about the Swift Aircraft in Telegram channels, published the movement itself-on the morning of June 20, 2024 it appeared In the Just Stop Oil account in the social network X. The signature for the video read: “Just Stop Oil douses private planes with paint a few hours after landing the Taylor Swift business jet. Jennifer and Cole cut the fence at a private airfield in Stasted, where the Swift Aircraft is parked, thereby demanding an urgent conclusion of the contract to terminate the use of fossil fuel by 2030. "

On the site of movement published A more detailed press release. It follows that the action was held by two residents of Great Britain, who penetrated the parking of business jets at Stasted Airport and, with the help of fire extinguishers filled with paint, painted two private planes. Often activists Use For such purposes, tinted starch, which, according to them, is easily washed off by the rain, but there is no appropriate clarification in this press release. It emphasizes in the text that the action was held “a few hours after the landing of Taylor Swift”, but the owners of the injured aircraft were not named. Later activists Detained.

The mention of the singer in this press release is no coincidence. Activists from different countries already some years reproach Swift that she (like other celebrities) ignores climatic changes, continuing to fly on business jets even when you can choose a scheduled passenger plane or ground transport. In February 2024, the lawyers of the pop threatened File a lawsuit against an American student who, by open sources, tracks the flights of several artists and billionaires, and then Counts, Which carbon trace They left. Representatives of the artist explained her dissatisfaction with the fact that the dissemination of information about her movements could threaten her safety.

In June 2024, American singer Dal A series of concerts in the UK and Ireland in the framework of its tour ERAS. The British edition The Independent reportedthat her plane landed in Stasted on June 19 at 22:54 local time. Tabloid The Mirror Even published several photos taken shortly after the landing of Jet. However, judging by pictures And messages The media, there were no pop-divishes on board-her father Scott Swift flew into Stasted, who often accompanies Daughter on trips and at concerts. This is confirmed by the data of tracking sites-business jet Arrived From the USA, while Swift was already in the UK: on June 18 she Spended In Cardiff, from 21 to 23 June 2024 took place Three shows in London. 

To establish who the aircraft is registered for, you can according to a unique registration numberwhich is usually applied to the tail. The first letter of the number Indicates The country of registration (for example, for the United States is a letter N), followed by a combination of numbers and letters. On a video published by Just Stop Oil, the number of one of the aircraft drenched in paint is visible - N1875A. By data Federal Civil Aviation Department of the United States (FAA), this Gulfstream G650er business jet is registered with the US Bank unnamed Power Power in Wilmingon, Delaware. It was not possible to detect any documents or publications connecting this plane with pop-brown.

Judging by numerous photos in Media, most often Swift travels on its private plane Falcon 7x With on -board number N621MM. By data FAA, this jet belongs to the company Island Jet Inc.whose interests Represents The same agency that works with Taylor Swift Productions. And in financial Report The singer’s father has notes indicating the connection of the Swift family with this company. In addition, FAA regularly Publishing A list of private aircraft and operators who have the right to manage a specific aircraft. In the latest version of this document For April 2024, it is written that only Firefly Entertainment, Inc., which, which has a permit for the N621MM aircraft, which, which, which Provides Services for the organization of events, management and personal maintenance of the singer and her family.

Judging by the open data, there are no other private aircraft. This Confirm And the singer’s lawyers, clarifying that we are talking about Falcon 7x with N621MM number. Previously, the star had another business jet, Falcon 900 with a number N898TSbut in February 2024 Swift his Sold.

In the video Just Stop Oil, the second aircraft number did not get into the frame, but several details give reason to say that he does not belong to the singer. Judging by the unusual oval form of portholes, this is a business jet of production Gulfstream. Falcon 7x windows of a different shape and, more importantly, there is a third engine located on the roof in front of the tail of the aircraft. Finally, the Swift Swift Aircraft Registration Number Apply On the side engines on both sides, and the business jet from the video of identification marks in this part of the fuselage.

As for the allegations that the Pop-Diva aircraft was not at all in StoStad during the Just Stop Oil campaign, they are refuted by the data of tracking sites-the board arrived at the London airport on June 19, nine days later He flew away In Dublin (June 28-30, Swift concerts were just held there), and a day later he went to the United States. Airport representative in media comments reportedthat the business jet was not in the open parking lot, where activists made their way.

Thus, activists really doused two private aircraft in the London airport Stasted, but not one of them belonged to Taylor Swift or people and organizations affiliated with it. Confirmations that just Stop Oil planned to attack the singers’s business jet, but they were mistaken, it was not possible to find.

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