EasyJet bumps 19 passengers off flight because plane is ‘too heavy’

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[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like they were smuggling a few too many immigrants...

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is . . . fine, though?

[–]staircasenavy60 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That means they loaded up on DHL and FedEx packages until they were overweight, and it was cheaper to bump human passengers than it was to miss a shipping deadline.