‘Lucky no one fainted’: Passengers stuck in SIA plane on Shanghai tarmac for nearly eight hours

Passengers disembarked the aircraft at 12.30am and hotel accommodation was arranged, said an SIA spokesman. - CHEE YANG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Passengers on board a flight bound for Singapore from Shanghai on Wednesday (Sept 6) were stuck in the plane for nearly eight hours due to a technical fault.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ833 was scheduled to leave Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 4.50pm on Wednesday and arrive in Singapore at around 10.20pm.