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Plus-sized BA Passenger Stuck In His First-class Seat For 3-hrs After Landing In UK From Nigeria
Plus-sized British Airways passenger stuck in his first-class for 3 hours after landing in UK from Nigeria.
Emergency services were called in, who took out a door so that the plus-sized passenger could be freed — using a hoist.
An unnamed plus-sized British Airways passenger got stuck in his first-class seat for three hours after his 6½-hour flight landed in the UK from Nigeria on Saturday July 29, 2023, TheSun reports.
The passenger was seated in 1A seat on the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, traditionally the most desirable spot on the plane, during his flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.
After he realised he was unable to leave his seat and the crew members couldn’t shift him either, emergency services were called in, who took out a door so that he could be freed — using a hoist.
A British Airways insider said:
“The passenger was mortified. It’s astonishing because the seats are the most spacious available.
“It was as embarrassing as it can get for him — especially when a door in the cabin had to be removed.
“It sounded funny but, actually, people felt sorry for him.
“It was abject humiliation in front of hundreds of disbelieving passengers.
“Crew members did all they could to calm the man.”
An engineering note seen by The Sun said:
“A volumetric passenger is stuck in seat 1A.
“The plan is to remove the suite door and use a hoist to eject [him] from the seat.”
