Hong Kong Airlines passengers stage 18-hour sit-in on plane over flight cancellation

More than 70 passengers staged an 18-hour sit in on a Hong Kong Airlines plane after their flight to Shanghai was cancelled late on Friday night.

It was the second Hong Kong sit-in the airline had faced in two months, after 31 passengers refused to leave a flight from Bali after an eight-hour delay.

In the latest incident, some 200 passengers were aboard flight 234, which had been due to depart at 9pm on Friday, and most accepted an offer of a transfer to a later flight.

Watch: Hong Kong Airlines passengers stage 18-hour sit-in on plane

But some refused and complained about the arrangements. They said they had been offered only HK$200 in compensation and not offered accommodation.