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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 9:31 am
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/travel...iref=obnetwork

Well, it made CNN.

Out of curiosity, what would happen if there was a passenger count goof and there was an extra passenger on board than there were seats. (i.e.: pax was in the lav, moving around during count, etc....and somehow the plane took off with one less seat than it needed.) What kind of fines/penalties/credits to the pax would be levied in such a situation?

In a way, that's what happened here: there wasn't sufficient room to occupy all the passengers safely. They should have denied boarding to someone to make room.
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