QR code snafu places too many passengers on ANA plane

The transport ministry slapped All Nippon Airways Co. with a severe warning Tuesday after a plane pushed back for takeoff with a seat-less passenger standing in the aisle. The incident last month involved ANA Flight 256, a Boeing 777 service from Fukuoka to Tokyo’s Haneda airport.

All 405 passenger seats were full, and a boarding-pass error had put one too many people aboard, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. A father and son checked in for the flight and went aboard using the same QR code by mistake.