French Kevin Chenais, who was deemed too fat to fly, exits Heathrow Airport upon arrival on a plane from New York to London. Source: AFP
EUROSTAR says it has refused travel on its train to a Frenchman who was earlier stranded in the US because he was deemed too fat to fly home.
The service that connects England to France and Belgium declined to allow Kevin Chenais on board because of safety rules governing travel through the Channel Tunnel. Eurostar says provisions require all passengers to have the ability to be safely evacuated and Mr Chenais' immobility makes this impossible.
The move piles on the woes for Mr Chenais, who has been struggling to get home after being denied travel home on British Airways. He later flew to Britain on another carrier.
Eurostar accommodated Mr Chenais in London at the company's expense and said it is trying to help him get home as soon as possible.
Weighs 227kg ... Kevin Chenais has spent a year and a half at the Mayo Clinic in Chicago for treatment of a hormone disorder was told by British Airways he is too fat to fly home.
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