| Stealhead |
11-28-12 11:14 PM |
All joking aside it is not the weight of an obese person that is the issue but rather the girth.If they cant safety wear a seat belt they endanger themselves and others.
400 pounds is not much weight to a large airliner we are not talking about a Piper Cub where such weight would be a serious factor that is just two large men entire football teams fly all the time and the combined weight must be pretty high but they can all safely sit in the seats and wear the belts when needed and they are not on the verge of death.A large aircraft has several thousand pounds just in fuel not to mention any cargo.
An Airbus A340-300 can carry up to 39,060 gallons of fuel maximum take of weight is 610,000 lbs and the plane weighs 287,000 lbs empty.Fully loaded with fuel(~6.8 pounds per gallon) that leaves 57,392 lbs for passengers and cargo even if there where 20,000 lbs in cargo that still leaves 37392 lbs in passenger weight.The issue is being able to safely be abroad the plane not weight.
Of course this dose not take into account weight distribution but that is more vital on pure cargo aircraft that carry very large and heavy objects (tanks, helicopters) or an aircraft set up for cargo.
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