Airline to weigh passengers before boarding.. and anyone deemed too heavy won't be allowed to fly

                         


Uzbekistan Airways has taken a controversial decision to weigh people before allowing them to board a plane. All passengers will have to stand on weighing machines with their personal luggage after they have checked in.


In a statement they said:

 'Uzbekistan Airways airline is carrying out the procedure of pre-flight weighing in order to determine the average weight of passengers with hand luggage.

'According to the laws of the International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry out regular procedures of pre-flight control such as weighing passengers with hand luggage in order to observe the requirements for ensuring flight safety.

'After passing check-in on a flight and prior to boarding into the aircraft, we will ask you to pass the weighing procedure with a special weighing machine placed in the departure gate zone.

'The weighing record will only contain the corresponding passenger category (i.e. male/ female/ children). As for the rest, the full confidentiality of results is guaranteed.

'We appreciate your assistance and thank you in advance for the help in the solution of our common task of flight safety.'



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