Saturday, November 19, 2011

Angry Chinese travellers occupy airplane...

Chinese passengers refused to leave a plane at Hong Kong airport for several hours until they were paid compensation for reported flight delays, an airport official said Thursday.

The protest sit-in began when the Hong Kong Airlines plane landed around 5.30am local time on Wednesday from Singapore, according to airport spokeswoman Annie Li and local media reports.

"The plane landed at around 5:30am and the airline informed us of what happened at around 6:00 am. We sent staff to the aircraft," Li said. "I think the airline resolved it by paying its passengers some money."

The Airbus 330 carrying 159 passengers had been delayed in Singapore for almost nine hours due to a technical fault, The South China Morning Post reported.

The airline offered HK$400 (US$65) each to compensate the passengers but 80 of them rejected the offer and refused to leave the plane until they received more money, the report said. Full story...

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