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Southend EasyJet Plane over Weight Limit and Passengers Leave
EasyJet said weather and runway length forced the weight limit, and passengers were offered free travel and compensation after the 12-minute delay.
- Five passengers volunteered to disembark an EasyJet flight from London Southend Airport to Malaga on Saturday after the pilot announced the aircraft exceeded weight limits due to weather conditions and the airport's short runway.
- EasyJet explained that weight restrictions are mandatory for safety; weather conditions and the relatively short runway at London Southend Airport necessitated lightening the load on the Airbus A319.
- Passenger Kelly Wayand, 45-year-old independent travel agent, described the pilot's request as 'bizarre', saying she initially thought he was joking when he stated the plane could not depart without reducing the passenger load.
- The flight, scheduled for 08:40 BST, departed at 08:59 BST with a 12 minute delay; EasyJet provided volunteers with transport to London Gatwick for a later flight the same day.
- While EasyJet did not disclose compensation amounts, Civil Aviation Authority guidance entitles passengers on delayed medium-haul flights to between £175 and £350, depending on delay length.
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An EasyJet flight to Spain had to reduce weight. Five passengers had to get out. The plane was too heavy to take off.
As they were about to reach Spain, five passengers on an Easyjet flight volunteered to descend from the aircraft after the pilot asked them, just before take-off, to leave the aircraft because it was too loaded to leave.
EasyJet passengers shocked by call to get off plane
While it is true that holiday makers tend to cram as much into their cases as possible these days, passengers aboard an easyJet flight from Southend to Malaga reacted with disbelief when the captain announced the aircraft could not take off safely unless six people got off voluntarily. As reported by Your Southend on their Facebook page, Kelly Wayland, a 45-year-old independent travel agent… Source
"Plane Can't Take Off Because It's Too Heavy": Airline Demands Passengers to Disembark. A bizarre incident occurred at a British low-cost airline where some passengers were asked to disembark because the aircraft exceeded weight limits. According to the BBC and other sources on the 16th, an EasyJet flight departing from Southend Airport in the UK for Malaga, Spain, on the 11th...
This plane is too heavy. It is not a technical failure or a weather problem, but a matter of overall weight on board. This is what happened on an EasyJet flight departing from London Southend airport and heading to Malaga, where five passengers had to leave the plane voluntarily before take off. According to Il Messengero, the aircraft was judged to be overloaded in order to be able to take off safely at the scheduled time, 08:40 a.m. on Saturda…
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