SYDNEY, July 16 -- Hundreds of Qantas passengers have been stranded in Singapore for more than two days after repeated delays to a Sydney-bound flight, worsened by earlier damage to another Qantas A380 in Sydney.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that Flight QF82 was scheduled to depart Singapore at 8.45pm Monday and arrive in Sydney yesterday morning, but passengers were told to disembark before midnight. By 2.30am yesterday, they were informed the flight was cancelled and they'd be taken to hotels.

The delays triggered wider disruption. QF2, also bound for Sydney, was cancelled today, while QF81 from Sydney was delayed nearly six hours.

The report added that travellers booked on QF82 have been told they willdepart at 12.30am t...