Travellers forming long queues at Changi Airport's Terminal 1 on October 29,
2011, hoping against hope to check in for their Qantas flights.
Some 2,600 passengers in Singapore are affected, a spokesman from Changi
Airport Group said.
An airport staff interacts with stranded passengers at the Qantas airline
counters at Changi Airport's Terminal 1 on October 29, 2011.
Passengers who were transiting in Singapore enroute to other places were also
hit and could not continue on to their final destinations.
Milling around, many grumbled about missing deadlines, saying they had school,
work and family members waiting for them back home.
Passengers queue at Qantas check-in counters at Changi Airport's Terminal 1 on
October 29, 2011.
A woman plays with her children as passengers queue at Qantas check-in counters
at Changi Airport's Terminal 1 October 29, 2011.
Passengers queue at Qantas check-in counters at Changi Airport's Terminal 1 on
October 29, 2011.
Stranded Qantas passengers wait for information at the departure hall of Changi
Airport's Terminal 1 on October 29, 2011.
Qantas aircraft sit parked on the tarmac at Hong Kong's international airport
on October 30, 2011.
