Group of passengers removed from BA flight because plane was too heavy

Passengers on a British Airways flight to London were told a group of them would have to leave the plane before takeoff because it was too heavy.

In the end, 20 people were forced to disembark from the Embraer jet at Florence’s Amerigo Vespucci Airport ahead of the trip earlier this month.

But it was not the size of the passengers that was the main concern of the airline.

Instead, the decision to boot out a few travellers was taken due to the extreme heat in Tuscany when the plane was scheduled to depart.

As the temperature of the air above Florence increased to around 35°C on August 11, it became less dense.

The shifting air pressure meant the aircraft required more fuel to do the same job – a necessity that added a significant amount of weight.

This situation was not helped by the