Air-rage passenger dumped on paradise island

Times of London ^ | December 29, 2005 | Simon Freeman and Russell Jenkins

[babyface00]

something tells me this wasn't exactly Gilligan's Island

Maybe this was some sort of military or ex-military airstrip?

[Not A Snowbird]

I like it!

[Kimmers]

Good Humor.....thank you

[sportutegrl]

You could say he was voted onto the island.

[SlowBoat407]

Flight sim image of Porto Santo Airport

[TheBigB]

I was more or less a size 8 then

Nice wiggle room (so to speak). :)

[ArrogantBustard]

A bit of googling reveals that the article is somewhat deceptive ... Porto Santo is indeed 2 hrs by ferry from Madeira, but is 15 min away by air. There are regularly scheduled flights from Madeira, from Portugal, and other places. The single runway is 3000' long; it ain't LAX, but it will do for an A320.

[Xenalyte]

Well, I could fit into a pair of size-6 Levis, but my suits were mostly 8s. 10s just hung on me then! (Of course, that was in 1997.)

[SampleMan]

He's just lucky that they landed before pushing him out of the plane.

[SlowBoat407]

LOL I notice that they had to skew the runway just to fit it across the island!

[cantweall]

Of course blame the booze. I'm sure Joel Osteen's wife was snockered when she was deplaned last week.

[Harrius Magnus]

Those hot pants give me a chub, and I'm going to see about the missus trading in the bikini's for an old-fashioned pair of granny panties.

[ArrogantBustard]

If you like Porto Santo, you'll love Kwajalein:

(No, I've never been there. No, the small island names have nothing to do with me.)

[ArrogantBustard]

FWIW, I'd advise against obsessing about it. Stay fit, and be whatever size you're 'supposed' to be. He'll appreciate it.

[Stone Mountain]

No, the small island names have nothing to do with me.

LOL! Reminds me of one of my favorite limericks:

The bustard's an exquisite fowl,
With minimal reason to growl,
He escapes what would be,
Illegitimacy,
By the grace of a fortunate vowel!

[mugs99]

The runway is 9,842ft and rated for aircraft up to the Boeing 747.

[mugs99]

The single runway is 3000' long;

That's 3000 meters which is over 9000 feet. The airport is B747 rated.
.

[ArrogantBustard]

Yup. Read it wrong.

[mc5cents]

Reminds me of one of my favorite limericks:

And mine:

There once was a lady from Madras
and she had a most beautiful ass.
But it wasn't pink as one might think
but grey, had long ears and ate grass.

[Kozak]

Close up of Porta -San