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THOUSANDS of passengers were left stranded at the city’s airports at the weekend as rains continued to lash the city.
More than 100 flights were canceled and about 150 were delayed at Pudong and Hongqiao, with the former worse affected, officials said. The majority of flights through Pudong were delayed for 10 hours or more and countless passengers spent Saturday night in the terminal buildings.
Some said they tried to make alternative travel arrangements but were told they couldn’t get access to their luggage.
“We wanted to get out of the airport and take the train instead, but the airline told us that our cases were locked in the hold,” said a Sichuan Airlines passenger.
People on a China Southern Airlines flight were forced to get on and off the plane three times as officials dithered over the changing weather conditions.
Others complained about the lack of information about the status of their flights.
A China Eastern passenger said the only information he could find was on a whiteboard by the airline’s check-in counter.
“I had to queue for hours to change my flight,” he said, adding that despite all the delays, the huge amount of congestion meant that many people were actually late for their flights.
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