美航空公司让乘客登机前称重，以防飞机事故_时事

美航空公司让乘客登机前称重，以防飞机事故

夏威夷一家航空公司近日施行新规，要求所有乘客登机前都必须称重。难道是怕胖子太多飞机飞不起来？其实是为了均衡客舱配重，一来是为航行安全考虑，二来也是为了节省燃料。

美航空公司让乘客登机前称重，以防飞机事故1

An American airline won the right to weigh its passengers over a six-month period earlier this year to learn how it could save fuel, after discovering the average passenger and carry-on luggage was heavier than expected.

今年早些时候，在发现乘客和随身携带行李的平均重量比预期更重之后，一家美国航空公司获得法律许可为乘客称重，以进行为期六个月的节省燃料研究。

Hawaiian Airlines has now scrapped pre-booked seating for people flying the 2,600-mile route between Honolulu and the American Samoa.

目前夏威夷航空已经取消了火奴鲁鲁往返美属萨摩亚这条2600英里航线的座位预定。

Instead, passengers will be assigned seats when they check-in to make sure weight is evenly distributed around the main cabin of the plane. The airline will keep at least one seat open per row or place children under the age of 13 in those seats.

乘客将在办理登机手续时获得指定座位，以确保飞机主客舱的重量平衡。客舱内每排将至少留出一个空位，或在这些空位上只安排13岁以下的儿童。

Some passengers said the policy was discriminatory as it only affects people flying on one route, from Honolulu to Pago Pago, with most passengers being of Samoan descent. Samoans have among the highest rates of obesity in the world.