A woman lost an incredible eight stone after being left devastated by being told she was too big to sit near a plane's emergency exit. Karen Zasheva said she was left in tears after a holiday in 2020 when an air hostess asked her to move seats.
Karen and her husband had booked to sit on the aisle next to the aeroplane's emergency exit so they had more leg room. However shortly before take off the air hostess explained to Karen that she would not be able to sit there for "health and safety reasons".
The 66-year-old grandmother of four said: "I could not do the belt up. The steward came over she gave me this bright orange belt extender. Then she came back and she said 'You will have to come with me' and explained that to sit here you have to be able to help others off the plane in an emergency. In other words, if you are over weight you can't sit in those seats."
