Passengers from two planes have spent an 'uncomfortable night' at the Geraldton Airport terminal after Qantas flights were diverted due to thick fog in Perth.
More than 150 people have been forced to sleep at the Geraldton Airport terminal after two Qantas flights were forced to divert from Perth due to fog.Qantas could not find accommodation for more than 100 passengersQantas says crews had reached the maximum limit of working hours and it could not find last-minute accommodation for the passengers.
"We attempted to find last-minute accommodation for all customers of these flights but unfortunately due to a shortage of available hotel rooms, customers stayed in the airport terminal overnight," a statement from the company said."We know this would have been an uncomfortable night but the conditions were not safe to land in Perth and our crew couldn’t safely continue once the fog had lifted.
"All of our check-in luggage was on the plane; my jacket, hoodie and everything warm was in there so I’ve basically been sitting here for seven hours with a shirt on and it hasn’t been above 10 degrees all night."
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