Could Overweight Airline Passengers Endanger Your Life?
Passengers keep getting bigger. Now airlines must account more accurately for that.
The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring updates to passenger and baggage weight estimates that airlines use to keep each flight within airplane safety limits. Each U.S. airline must submit a plan by June 12 explaining which average weights for passengers and baggage they’ll use, down to phones and clothing, and how they estimated those weights. The FAA must approve each airline’s plan.
Airline officials say the weight estimates used for passengers and baggage are going up between 5% and 10%. That will affect some flights, possibly requiring that more passengers get bumped or more baggage left behind. Impact is likelier on unusually hot days and in cities higher above sea level, when the weight an airplane can safely carry is reduced because wings won’t generate as much lift. Flights into stiff headwinds that require more fu
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Southwest Airlines, American ground dozens of Boeing 737 Max jets over wiring issue
Boeing and airlines have been vigilant about potential issues on the 737 Max after the jet was grounded for nearly two years.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max jetliner rose above Southwest employees as they got a first look at the new plane Sept. 23, 2016, at Dallas Love Field.(Special Contributor)
Southwest Airlines and American Airlines grounded dozens of their Boeing 737 Max jets after the airplane manufacturer warned of electrical issues on some aircraft.
Boeing notified Dallas-based Southwest and Fort Worth-based American, the two largest operators of the jets, along with 14 other operators Thursday night of a potential electrical issue and that a “sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system.”