Source: BBC News Author: 07/18/2008
Subject Concerned: Airport
Two people were arrested by police after passengers staged a sit-down protest at Gatwick Airport when their flight was cancelled.
About 200 people who had tickets for an Air Namibia charter flight to Ghana were unable to check-in on July 18.
Sussex Police said two people were arrested after the sit-down protest began to disrupt other passengers. The pair were released without charge.
BAA Gatwick said the flight was the responsibility of the tour operator.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "There was a sit-down protest at the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport following a flight cancellation to Ghana."
"As a result of the protest there was some disruption to other passengers checking in for their flights. Two individuals were arrested and subsequently released without charge."