Woman ordered off plane to make way for obese teenager who needed two seats
27th July 2010
The eight-stone passenger, who had paid full fare so she could fly standby from Las Vegas to Sacramento in California, had just sat down in the last available seat when she was told she had to get off.
Her seat was given to an overweight 14-year-old girl who was travelling alone on the Southwest Airlines flight.
(Eight stone is 112 pounds. Why Brits can’t give people-weight in pounds (or even, God help us, kilograms) is a mystery that passeth all understanding.)
Yet another reason not to fly.