Phuket: Stranded Aussie passengers finally fly from Phuket

Phuket, Thailand:

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Stranded Aussie passengers finally fly from Phuket

TRAPPED IN PARADISE: Passengers describe their ordeal to a PGTV reporter this afternoon.

PHUKET: Passengers booked on a Sydney-bound Jetstar flight were stranded in Phuket on Australia Day after their aircraft developed mechanical problems.

Jetstar Flight JQ28, due to depart from Phuket at 9pm on Monday, was canceled by the no-frills carrier for safety reasons.

The cancellation left about 270 of the passengers stranded on the island.

Passengers, put up in a Phuket Town hotel on Monday night, were told they would leave at 5pm on Tuesday, which also happened to be Australia Day.

But after they had already boarded the aircraft yesterday, they were told to deplane yet again, the carrier again citing maintenance problems.

The beleaguered Aussie tourists spent another night in Phuket before finally catching their replacement flight, which took off from Phuket International Airport at 5:30pm today.

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� Marc Mulloy

Phuket,Thailand
18:18 local time (GMT +7)

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Comment 1

I'm pleased that the airline is being cautious, but a little surprised that they didn't use some kind of tit-for-tat arrangement with another airline to get the passengers home on the day originally booked.

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Thu, Jan 28, 2010 - 2:56:16 AM

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Poor people. Must have been difficult for them being stuck in Phuket on Australia day. And I thought the people of Haiti had problems!

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kelvin

Thu, Jan 28, 2010 - 6:34:03 AM

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