Fury as Hong Kong-bound passengers forced to spend the night on plane grounded in Shenzhen

Furious passengers were forced to spend the night on a grounded plane with little food and water after it was diverted from Hong Kong to Shenzhen due to Sunday's violent storms.

The Dragonair flight from Shanghai, with around 250 passengers and 15 crew on board, was due to land in Hong Kong just after 9.30pm on Sunday. Bad weather forced pilots to divert the plane to nearby Shenzhen.

But on the tarmac, the passengers were barred from leaving as the airport's terminals were already full of stranded passengers.

Angry passengers yelled at crew, who had to spend the night guarding the plane's doors to stop them trying to break out.

At around 7am the the passengers were allowed into Bao'an International Airport, but told to make their own way to Hong Kong.

"We were told to … find our own way to Hong Kong without any travel allowance," one traveller said. Organisers of two large tour groups faced a logistical nightmare as they tried to find transport back to Hong Kong.

It was worse for the crew on board. As late as 2pm yesterday, 15 crew members remained in the plane.