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An oversized passenger was stuck in his seat for three hours after the plane landed, according to The Sun.
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He was in seat 1A, normally reserved for British Airways Executive Club Gold card holders.
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The Sun reported that emergency services had to remove the door and lift it from its seat.
An oversized British Airways passenger is stuck in a first class seat after his flight landed in the UK from Nigeria early Saturday morning, According to the sun.
The newspaper reported that the passenger remained crammed in his seat for about three hours after the six-and-a-half-hour flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos landed at London Heathrow Airport at 5.10 am.
The Sun reported that the passenger was seated in 1A, a much coveted seat usually reserved for Executive Club gold card holders.
The Sun reported that cabin crew got involved and tried to calm the passenger after he realized he was unable to leave his seat. The newspaper said they were unable to move him.
Then emergency services were called in to remove the occupant, with an engineering memorandum reviewed by The Sun outlining the plan.
According to The Sun, the note read: “The volumetric passenger is stuck in seat 1A. The plan is to remove the wing door and use a lever to get her out of the seat.”
The door was eventually removed, The Sun said, and the passenger was removed from his suite using a crane.
according to business degree experts, A travel site, the seats in British Airways first class are approximately two feet wide.
BA did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Last month , CNN reported Plus-size passengers calling on US airlines to shrink plane seat widths and the requirements that larger passengers pay for an extra seat.
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