SIA passengers stuck on plane for five hours after flight returns to Hokkaido over technical issue


SIA said that it had arranged hotel accommodation and land transport options for affected passengers. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: More than 300 Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers were stuck for several hours on a plane at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport on Saturday (Jan 10) after the aircraft had to turn back due to a technical issue.

In response to The Straits Times queries, an SIA spokesperson said on Tuesday (Jan 13) that flight SQ661 had departed Sapporo for Singapore at 10.14am local time (9.14am Singapore time).

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