Airline Announces It Will Weigh Passengers Before Boarding And Anyone Deemed Too Heavy Will Not Be Allowed To Fly According to recent reports, an Uzbekistan Airline has just made the controversial decision to begin weighing their passengers before they board a plane. The new measure means that heavy passengers have the potential to be kicked off a flight. Uzbekistan Airways will now require passengers to stand on a weighing machine with their personal luggage after they have checked in to their flight. Although the airline claims that the weight will not be revealed, overweight people are at risk of being excluded from the flight. Passengers will be sorted into men, women and children. The airline insists that knowing these weights is an important safety measure. Read a statement from the company below and tell us what you think of the new policy. Uzbekistan Airways airline is carrying out the procedure of pre-flight weighing in order to determine the average weight of passengers with hand luggage. According to the laws of the International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry out regular procedures of pre-flight control such as weighing passengers with hand luggage in order to observe the requirements for ensuring flight safety. 