the Businessman made to div the complaint to the American airline Hawaiian Airlines because of its practice of weighing of passengers before flight. The Radio New Zealand radio station reports about it.
the Businessman Avamua Khelek David addressed in Ministry for transport United States of America with a request to check legality of actions of a carrier. About reaction of department to this inquiry while it it is not known.
In Hawaiian Airlines, in particular, now weigh passengers of flights between Pago Pago (an administrative center American Samoa) and Honolulu on the Hawaiian Islands. Representatives of the company explain that it becomes for safety of flight, for uniform distribution of lump of all travelers in liner salon.
But Khelek David apprehended such statements skeptically. "Certainly, in Hawaiian Airlines say that it is a safety issue. So, it turns out, all of us flied these years with risk for life? " — he told.
of Hawaiian Airlines performs flights to American Samoa since 2003. Obesity is a serious problem for inhabitants of this region.
In August, 2015 the airline "Uzbekiston khavo yullari" started weighing the passengers before landing in the plane. The carrier entered such procedure for determination of average mass of the traveler together with hand luggage.