Thirteen people have been charged over a climate change protest which caused delays at Heathrow Airport.
Campaigners from activist group Plane Stupid staged the demonstration in opposition to airport expansion, causing 22 flights out of the Heathrow to be cancelled.
A group of men and women have been charged with aggravated trespass and entering a security restricted area of an aerodrome, the Metropolitan Police said.
The 13 will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Wednesday August 19.
The Met earlier confirmed security at the airport would be reviewed after the protest, which took place in the early hours of Monday morning.
A spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service works closely with Heathrow Airport Limited to keep those who use or work at Heathrow safe and secure.
"The Metropolitan Police and Heathrow will jointly review today's protest incident at the airport and make necessary changes to the security plan."
Earlier this month a long-awaited report recommended a new runway should be built at Heathrow rather than Gatwick.
After three years of investigation, the Airports Commission said Heathrow was best placed to provide "urgently required" capacity, but environmentalists warned that building a new runway there would make it harder to reduce air pollution and climate change emissions.
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