A plus-sized British Airways passenger got stuck in a first-class seat after his flight landed in the UK from Nigeria early on Saturday morning, The Sun reported.
The newspaper reported that the passenger was wedged in his seat for about three hours after the 6 ½-hour flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos landed at London’s Heathrow Airport at 5.10 a.m.
The passenger was seated in 1A, a much-desired seat that is typically reserved for Executive Club Gold card holders, The Sun reported.
The cabin crew got involved and tried to calm the passenger after he realized that he was unable to leave his seat, but they were unable to shift him, the outlet said.
Emergency services were then called to get the passenger out, with an engineering note outlining the plan.
The note, reviewed by The Sun, reportedly 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.”
The door was ultimately removed and the passenger was extricated from his suite using the hoist, the outlet reported.
Business Class Experts, a travel website, says that seats in British Airways First Class are nearly two-feet-wide.
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The world is indeed fucked when Nigerians are now morbidly obese…
All that work Sally Struthers did must have paid off.
Gloria evidently went too far…
I bet I could have got his fat ass out of there in a heart beat with a simple pair of vice grips.
I hope the poor man didn’t miss breakfast.
He was able to fit in the seat before take-off. What the heck are they serving in first class? 2-liters of heavy whipping cream?
He shouldn’t have had a first class ticket. Instead he should have been rolled up the cargo ramp, strategically placed and ratchet strapped down as ballast to balance the plane’s center of gravity.
The ONLY reason this story made headlines is because the fat person was male and so, fair game. A woman was not be treated similarly, and be afforded certain sensitivity deserving to her sex.
The double standard will never be removed. the canary in the coal mine will be witnessed on The Hallmark Channel. Lately, it has been de rigueur for the female love interest to be “full size”, most of the time they are still attractive so no big deal. But not once is the male lead a single-pound overweight, nope, that is not allowed.
Body positivity is a one-way street and you better stay in your lane.
Rich, the good thing is the giant catalog of movies & shows that were made prior to wokeism.
It is so refreshing to watch a show with a cast that hasn’t been put together by some woke HR Karen.
The shows I like don’t need a trans or faggot involved unless they are part of the plot.
I don’t need black folk wedged into a historic scene they were never a part of.
Funny thing though, Freebie & the Bean was on the other day.
A bizarre 70’s movie that had a transvestite as the villain.
I saw it as a kid and never thought anything of it.
Just thought it was a weird guy in a dress.
LOL
Take that as your signal buddy and lose some weight
“Take that as your signal buddy and lose some weight”
No, he will sue the airline for intentional infliction of emotional distress and trauma to the point where he is now anxious, breaks out in cold sweats, can’t sleep, and now can’t satisfy his wife sexually.
Was this the 800 lb gorilla we be hearing so much about……………. michelle?
There is fat, and then there is volumetric fat. Learn sumpin new every day….
So he Gained Weight on all that Delicious Airline food.
Law suit in 3, 2, 1….
“volumetric passenger”
…having eaten voluminous quantities of volumetric food.
Hey, hey, hey!
Didn’t NBC, CBS or someone have a show entitled “Fat People ARE Funny” where thet showed clips of fat people doing various things and all ending with something funny?
Brad at 10:45 pm
I bet I could have got his fat ass out of there in a heart beat with a simple pair of vice grips.
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One jolt of being tazed outta get his fat butt outta the chair. I bet the guy wasn’t embarrassed, and I bet he sues for a lifetime of free flights. I don’t wanna be on board if he’s flying on the plane.
Did he have to pay for two peoples worth of tickets + valet seat ejection?
Didn’t anybody think to dangle a sandwich just out of reach?
Damn. Passengers like that usually sit in an emergency exit row.
Consider this possibility as well…. with all this straining and effort there was probably some booboo in his drawers by the time this was all over. People this size usually cannot reach behind themselves and between their hypertrophic gluteus cheeks to adequately clean themselves. Someone had the privilege of cleaning him up afterwards.
Please don’t ask me how I know, just…. health care…. Gawd help us.
Maybe airline should take a lesson from carnival ride height requirements, but with size requirements. If you don’t fit in this isle, this seat, your too big to fly. Come back when your littler.
Shoulda just left him there until he lost enough weight to extricate himself. Just like when Winnie the Pooh ate too much honey and got stuck in Rabbit’s door.
Should have put a box of donuts just out of his reach and I am sure he would have gotten himself free.
@Nicolai, 🤣