Qantas has been slammed on social media after leaving a plane full of passengers stranded at Dallas Fort Worth Airport due to an aircraft issue.

There were nearly 200 passengers on the flight to Sydney on Wednesday when the crew discovered an issue with the aircraft after it was pushed back from the gate.

The issue was not easily solved and the flight was again delayed due to Sydney Airport’s curfew restrictions.

The nearest hotel was a $100 Uber away so many passengers slept on the floor at the airport until the next check-in at 9am.

Yet Qantas employees could not be found at this time causing unrest amongst the passengers.

i am absolutely not on twitter for consumer complaints *but* wtf is going on with @qantas. my flight of 200+ people (incl bunch of small kids) has been stuck at dallas, delayed overnight, no update for 15+ hours. almost as if sacking loads of engineers and ground staff is… bad?

— Brynn O'Brien (@brynnobrien) June 15, 2022

Qantas maintenance issue; “Qantas has copped a barrage of abuse on social media after leaving a plane-load of passengers stranded at Dallas Fort Worth airport in the US after their aircraft had an engineering issue” more problem Joyce should resign

— john hillam (@john_hillam) June 16, 2022

By this point it is Lord of the Flies. A planeload of people is at checkin with nowhere to go and no guidance, the Qantas desk isn't just unmanned it has become a Lufthsana desk, and 300 people have checked bags to nowhere.

— Eleanor Gordon-Smith (@TheRealEGS) June 15, 2022

“By this point it is Lord of the Flies,” tweeted The Guardian columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith.

“A planeload of people is at checkin with nowhere to go and no guidance, the Qantas desk isn’t just unmanned it has become a Lufthsana desk, and 300 people have checked bags to nowhere.”

A Qantas spokesperson released a statement regarding the incident.

“We know this is a difficult situation for our customers whose plans have been disrupted,” the statement read.