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Passengers forced to leave Qantas flight due to plane being 'too heavy'
A number of passengers have been forced off a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth over concerns the plane was too heavy to fly. Passengers aboard the Boeing 737-800 flight due to arrive in Perth at 7.40pm told Radio 6PR yesterday they were asked to disembark the plane prior to take off, WA Today reports. A Qantas spokeswoman has confirmed to WA Today the request was made after plane load readings exceeded the norm. (www.msn.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In AirTran's last few months, I took a flight from Atlanta to Tunica, MS on one of their 717s. I think there were about 10-15 people on the entire flight, I had originally reserved a seat closer to the back of the airplane so I could be relatively undisturbed on my flight home. When I got on, a FA told me I'd have to move to a seat ahead of the wing for W&B. I still ended up having the whole row to myself. So yeah, it happens.
I was on a non-stop MDW-SAN Southwest flight that ended up being a one-stop in Kansas City due to weight and a dispatcher error. The gate announcement said that our non-stop wouldn't be a non-stop anymore, but she said that the "pilot will tell you why --- after you board." After getting tucked in our seats and closing the door, the captain explained that the since the 737-800 is heavier than the -700 normally flown on the route, when you board all the passengers for the full flight and fuel to SAN the MDW runway was too short for a safe takeoff. Rather than kick people off, they decided to land at MCI for fuel instead. We arrived in SAN only 40 minutes late but I wonder how much that mistake cost SWA and if the dispatcher still has a job...
That's really smart customer service.
Everybody was inconvenienced a little so that a few passengers weren't totally screwed.
Everybody was inconvenienced a little so that a few passengers weren't totally screwed.
There are going to be a lot of planes taking off from the Southwest region of the USA today with Temps averaging 110 degrees. And each flight will most likely leave people behind Its common Geez slow news day or are these news people just stupid?????
Why are people calling people stupid. Why would you do that? Do you think that a 'news person' is going to read your post and go back to school or something? I am just trying to figure out the upside is because as far as I can tell there is none. Maybe you feel better for picking on others but so what? How does that change anything?
Easy, Big Fellow...