Hundreds of people were forced to wait more than six hours to get off a stranded Qantas jet, after it made an unscheduled landing in India.
Passengers, who are still awaiting flights out of New Delhi, told NEWS.com.au "engine failure" forced the 14 hour flight from Singapore to London to land in India.
"Passengers were required to remain on the plane for over six hours, while Qantas tried to negotiate with customs and immigration staff to allow the passengers to be put up in hotels," a passenger told NEWS.com.au.
"We have still not been able get our baggage, so being in the same clothes for over two days in the Indian heat is becoming uncomfortable."
The passenger also said Qantas had told him that the earliest he could leave New Delhi was in another 10 hours.
"The biggest disappointment from this whole experience is the lack of information coming from Qantas. Once we were herded off the plane, we were shipped off to hotels," said the passenger.
"And even through repeated calls to Qantas in Australia, the UK and India, no information was forthcoming."
Qantas engineering manager David Cox told NEWS.com.au that a replacement plane was on its way to New Delhi.
"The (now-grounded) aircraft diverted to Delhi due to technical problems with one of its engines," Mr Cox said.
"The aircraft landed without incident. There were no safety issues at any time."
03/03/08 Mark Schliebs/NEWS.com.au, Australia
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