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Airline weighs fliers? Uzbekistan Airways is to start weighing passengers and their hand luggage before allowing them to board their flights.
The company, based in Tashkent, has promised not to reveal the weight of individual passengers.
But it will mean some overweight people could be excluded from busy flights on smaller planes if weight limits are exceeded.
Special weighing machines have been set up in the departure gate zones to weigh people and their hand luggage.
Passengers will be put in three categories, men, women and kids, when weighing.
The company said they needed to know the weights of both people and their luggage because it was important especially with smaller planes.
In a statement they said: “Please be informed that 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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