Flight cancel strands 100 Chinese tourists in Palau for 3 days  

百名中国游客因飞机故障滞留太平洋岛国帕劳

“我们想回家。”三天前，大约200名到帕劳旅游的中国游客的返程航班取消了，航空公司给出的原因是机械故障。一家旅行社负责人称，帕劳当地机场的往返航班很少，票都已经被提前订好，因此滞留游客无法及时回国，他们正在抓紧为乘客们订票，帮助其早日回国。截至昨天，仍有百余名游客滞留当地。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – At least one hundred Chinese tourists have still been trapped on the Pacific island of Palau for three days after their flight was canceled for mechanical problems, the Beijing Youth Daily has reported.

Flight 2D8117 run by American Dynamic Airways, which was scheduled to take about 200 Chinese travelers to Hong Kong on October 23, was delayed, and then canceled the next day.

The airline has reportedly offered to pay each passenger $150 as compensation, but most passengers have spurned the offer.

Some travel agencies have managed to arrange flights for their customers. However, most flights to China have already been booked, said a director with the Beijing Youth Travel Service. He said flights between China and Palau are very limited.

One alternative is for customers to fly to Taipei, then back to Beijing with a transfer in Hong Kong, he added.