Monday, October 09, 2006
Holiday delay cos passengers were too heavy
"Holidaymakers were told their plane had to make an unscheduled stop for more fuel - because they were too heavy. More than 100 passengers flying from Bristol to Tenerife were confused when they landed at Faro in Portugal on the way."
He, he, I thought this was going to be another article chronicling the effects of the world's ever rising obesity, but it seems that a combination of Bristol's short runway and the kids having gone back to school (leaving a plane full of adults) were the causes for the headline. My mother flies from Bournemouth and very often stops in either Faro in Portugal (once in Lisbon: she was sorry to miss the city) or Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Ain't nothing unusual nor to worry about.
Holiday delay cos passengers were too heavy
