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Title: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 22, 2007, 04:34:31 PM: An obese American tourist who fell ill on a cruise ship had to be carried off by helicopter.

The man, who weighs 32 stone (203kg), was on board a luxury five star cruise ship anchored in the Firth of Forth when he suffered gastric problems. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6677931.stm)
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: vicmu on May 22, 2007, 06:29:54 PM: ooh that's gotta be embarrassing...
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: ctz on May 22, 2007, 08:26:52 PM: I don't get it. The man was seriously sick. What's so special if he had to be evacuated and taken to a hospital?

He weighs 200 kilos... Alright. But that isn't too much for a helicopter. And any boat can carry him, so they didn't have to use helicopter for that reason.

And the winching? His weight probably had nothing to do with it. For some reason the copter couldn't land on the ship, so winching them is the only way to get people in.

I don't get which part of this can be considered embarrasing.
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: nop on May 23, 2007, 08:45:05 AM: Even the skinny tourist can be airlift for emergency surgery. I guess the only news was that this particular man needed winching onto the helicopter. This BBC humor is quite dry. ???
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: schol3s on May 23, 2007, 09:37:11 AM: i guess the returning trip of the helicopter will take another hour longer with so much weight on it....
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: jimmy on May 23, 2007, 11:41:21 AM: Quote from: schol3s on May 23, 2007, 09:37:11 AM
i guess the returning trip of the helicopter will take another hour longer with so much weight on it....

That's if the helicopter doesn't have a heart attack from trying to carry that load to hospital.
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: Since1983 on May 25, 2007, 08:31:10 AM: Holy crap He weighs about ~440 lbs.
Title: Re: Obese tourist airlifted from ship
Post by: sid_coz on June 07, 2007, 05:24:53 AM: :lol: :lol: :lol: XD XD XD and then......... :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:!!! Its unbelivable i cant get over the scene it would have created! Man thats fat 440 LBs. Its a little bad to laugh so much but :P :P .... cant help it!