Pilot asks 19 easyJet passengers to get off flight after airplane 'too heavy to take off'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A pilot was forced to ask 19 people to get off an easyJet flight after the airplane was 'too heavy to take off'. The flight from Lanzarote's Arrecife Airport was delayed on Wednesday, July 5, because of the plane's weight and adverse weather conditions.

The flight, heading for Liverpool, was due to take off at 9.45pm but did not leave the Spanish airport until nearly 11.30pm.A video, sent by a passenger to the Liverpool Echo, showed a member of the flight crew announcing their concerns regarding the take-off.

The pilot can be heard saying: "Thank for for getting here today. Because there are so many of you it's a pretty heavy aircraft. "That heavy aircraft combined with a pretty short runway and with the current unfavourable conditions here in Lanzarote, means the aircraft is too heavy to take off.

I've been sat with my senior first officer and we're very experienced with this and have done this before. "With safety as our number one priority, there is no way, with the current wind conditions, that we could get this aircraft airborne.