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Updated On: 24 June, 2009 08:20 AM IST | | Agencies
Petrified tourists boycott flight after being told to sit at back 'to help balance the jet'; airline calls it routine procedure
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Petrified tourists boycott flight after being told to sit at back 'to help balance the jet'; airline calls it routine procedure
When tourists on a UK-bound flight were asked to sit at the back of the plane to balance luggage in the front of the hold, many thought it was a bad joke. But it was a serious request.
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One of the doors to the hold was jammed, meaning bags could be loaded only at one end, making the plane nose-heavy.
When tourists on a UK-bound flight were asked to sit at the back of the plane to balance luggage in the front of the hold, many thought it was a bad joke. But it was a serious request.
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One of the doors to the hold was jammed, meaning bags could be loaded only at one end, making the plane nose-heavy.
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