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Alonso-Rodriguez didn't think his bag was that back-breaking, and he says the airport scale registered 1 kg (2.2 lbs.) even with nothing on it. When he arrived at his destination, he weighed his bag on another scale and found that it was under the 10-kg limit...
The Outcome: A rep for Ryanair says the airline is not responsible for maintaining the scales in the Valencia airport. So, were those scales miscalibrated? It's impossible to say, but if they were, it wouldn't be that surprising.
In 2007, an investigation by the Sunday Times of London found that a 14.8-kg (32.6-lb.) piece of luggage placed on Ryanair's scale at London's Stansted Airport registered 17 kg (37.5 lb.). Numerous bloggers and online posts also attest to Ryanair's allegedly faulty scales.
But the problem is not confined to Europe. In December, investigators at Tucson International Airport inspected 15 scales and discovered they were all off-kilter. In November, a check of 810 scales at New York City's La Guardia and J.F.K. airports found that 102 of them had not been...
The Avenger attempted repeatedly to obtain comment or recompense from Ryanair, neither of which the airline provided. After the initial publication of this article, Ryanair's rep called to say the airline is not responsible for maintaining the scales in the Valencia airport.