Obese tourist airlifted from ship

[Foxy Brown]

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.

[vicmu]

ooh that's gotta be embarrassing...

[ctz]

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.

[nop]

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.   ???

[schol3s]

i guess the returning trip of the helicopter will take another hour longer with so much weight on it....

[jimmy]

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.

[Since1983]

Holy crap He weighs about ~440 lbs.

[sid_coz]

  and then......... !!! 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  .... cant help it!