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Consumer Affairs Inspects Newark Liberty International Airport Scales
Prior to Thanksgiving Travel Period
NEWARK - State Office of Weights and Measures inspectors within the past month
have checked all baggage scales inside the three passenger terminals at Newark
Liberty International Airport to ensure the devices accurately weigh luggage.
Problems were found with 47 of the 252 baggage scales that were inspected, said
David Szuchman, Director of the state Division of Consumer Affairs. The 47
scales have been serviced, re-inspected and are now in compliance.
“Knowing that the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is a peak travel period, we inspected the luggage scales to ensure passenger's baggage is weighed accurately,” Szuchman said.
Each airline pays $250 annually to have its baggage scales inspected. The Office of Weights and Measures is a unit with the Division of Consumer Affairs.
The details about the 47 scales that initially did not pass inspection and required servicing and re-inspection are listed as follows:
Terminal A
United Airlines
1 Out of Tolerance
1 Unable to Zero
US Airlines
1 Out of Tolerance
1 No Display
1 System Not Working
2 LED Not Working
American Airlines
3 Out of Tolerance
1 Unable to Zero
1 No Display
Air Trans
1 Out of Tolerance
Terminal B
Port Authority
10 Out of Tolerance
1 Unable to Zero
4 No Display
2 System not Working
3 Does not Reach Capacity
KLM
2 Out of Tolerance
1 No Display
Terminal C
Port Authority
8 Out of Tolerance
2 No Display
1 System not Working
TOTAL: 47
*Terminal B - Owned by Port Authority. Port Authority is responsible for the scales.
* Terminal C - Owned by Port Authority but the airlines are responsible for the maintenance of the scales each uses.
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