A pilot on an easyJet flight to Liverpool asked if ‘up to 20’ people could leave the plane as it was ‘too heavy to take off’.
He said: ‘Because there are so many of you it’s a pretty heavy aircraft.
He said he and his ‘senior first officer’ were very experienced and had ‘done this before’, adding: ‘With safety as our number one priority, there is no way, with the current wind conditions, that we could get this aircraft airborne. There are a number of factors – it’s very hot, the wind isn’t fantastic, the direction isn’t great.’
A spokesperson for easyJet told Metro.co.uk: ‘EasyJet can confirm that 19 passengers on flight EZY3364 from Lanzarote to Liverpool yesterday evening volunteered to travel on a later flight as a result of the aircraft being over the weight limits for the weather conditions.
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