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New weight rules for travel offshore will come into force in November

ByRachel Bell, BBC Scotland News, Reporting fromAberdeen and Calum Watson, BBC Scotland News
  • Published9 minutes ago

Hundreds of offshore workers have been using weight-loss jabs to help meet maximum weight rules for helicopter flights due to come into force next week.

From Sunday, anyone weighing more than 19st 7Ib (124kg) in civilian clothing and footwear will be banned from taking a flight to an offshore platform covered by UK safety regulations.