Olympian delay in Germany for Sochi-bound Aeroflot passengers

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - About 170 passengers bound for the Winter Olympics, including athletes from Spain and Japan, found themselves stranded in Germany when an Aeroflot flight to Sochi failed to get off the ground before Frankfurt airport closed for the night on Tuesday.

Passengers boarded the plane, listened to the security briefing and sat back for takeoff as the cabin lights were dimmed. But after taxiing along the runway for about half an hour and returning to the gate, they were told they had to disembark because the airport had closed.