Airline Asks 20 Passengers To Get Off Overweight Flight

One of the most frustrating parts of flying with an airline is being bumped off an overbooked flight. While you’ll be compensated by the carrier, you usually have to spend an unexpected extra night before your flight. Getting booted off an overweight plane, though, is a different kind of gut punch. You’ve finally made it to your seat, then the pilot gets on the intercom to say that Mother Nature wants a bunch of people off the aircraft. This happened on a flight from the Canary Islands to Britain.

The EasyJet pilot making the necessary but unfortunate announcement

EasyJet, a budget British airline, was operating a flight last week from Lanzarote Airport to John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, England. However, not everyone on the plane was going to be leaving the popular Spanish tourist destination. USA Today reported the plane was overweight for the conditions, and the pilot explained that up to 20 passengers to going to have to get off the aircraft. He said:

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