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Overweight British Airways Passenger Gets Stuck in First Class Seat on Lagos to London Flight
In an unusual incident on a British Airways flight, a passenger traveling from Lagos, Nigeria, to London found himself stuck in his first-class seat. The incident took place on July 29, 2023, during a 6-hour flight on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The passenger was seated in 1A, a spacious first-class seat with 78 inches of legroom and a seat width of 22 inches, according to Seat Guru. (www.airguide.info) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Had to deal with an over weight fellow passenger. Returning from London to Tampa, the middle eastern man, wearing a winter trench coat during the flight, in the dead heat of summer. I was able to lift up my aisle seat arm rest, but was soon told it had to be down. I told the flight attendant, its impossible to sit here, and have the passenger next to me, taking part of my seat. She said follow me and moved me to business class seating. I can fully understand overweight folks, but they can hinder another passengers space, comfort and safety of having to exit the plane in an emergency. The airline industry needs to stop making seats smaller and the distance between seats as well as come up with a better way to allow the o/w psg's to book seating.
by the way, that picture with the article is NOT one of the passenger written about, but a "stock photo" of a coach passenger with a bit of a belly strapped comfortably into a seat..!
my goodness! he was in a first class seat and they had to remove a door to get him out??how large was this person?in coach i know passengers are requested if a flight is going to be full, to purchase 2 seats..when not full, an agent usually will try to seat the person with no one next to him/her where they can raise the armrests..planes today are "squishing" people topgether in smaller seats,with not only less movement,but less legroom,and despite calls to change that,nothing is happening..oh well..
OMG... And the even have a picture... That is Funny... I just hear a call to Maintenance now: "Hello, Maintenance, We need a Mechanic to disassemble a seat in first class due to a First class passenger is stuck in the seat!" :)
P.S. I'm a bit of a chub myself but have not yet got stuck in a seat.
That is no first class seat..and even the chub in that picture looks squished in.
Call to maintenance would also include "oh and we need the door removed and a hoist to lift.
Call to maintenance would also include "oh and we need the door removed and a hoist to lift.
The Article says it's first class... From the side view, it is possible, but I agree, it looks like a coach seat more than first class... and I have also noticed that many people reporting on Aviation are not that skilled at writing in Aviation Terms! They tend to get confused easily!