Pilot dumps angry drunk on remote tropical island
A Monarch Airlines pilot flying from Manchester to Tenerife landed his plane on a tiny island near Africa to kick off a drunk, abusive passenger:He became so abusive the fed-up pilot diverted the Monarch Airlines Airbus to Porto Santo island off West Africa.link (via Digg)After the plane touched down, the man was marched off by police and had his luggage dumped on the tarmac...
It is not known if police on the island, which is under Portuguese authority, charged or released him.
The Atlantic island, which is 10 miles long and three miles wide, is a two-hour ferry journey to Madeira.
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