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Friday, December 30, 2005

That'll teach you to get drunk and be abusive

good bye and good luck...
A drunken passenger on a leisure flight from the UK to Spain was dropped at a tiny island off the African coast after he swore at the cabin crew, a newspaper reported on Friday.

The plane's captain decided to leave the man at Porto Santo, a volcanic outcrop in the Atlantic, after he became abusive when he was refused more alcohol, the Daily Mail said.

The plane, heading from northern England to the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife, diverted to the Portuguese island, which is just 10 miles long and four miles wide.

Police met the man at the airport. He is due to appear in court in mainland Portugal in January, the newspaper said.

The island's airport is a legacy of the Cold War when NATO considered making Porto Santo a frontline base to guard Europe's southern approaches.

With only half a dozen hotels and a few sandy beaches, Porto Santo is little known to most tourists who flock to the nearby, larger island of Madeira, a two hour ferry ride away.

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