By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:07 EST, 7 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:08 EST, 8 December 2013 Passengers set to depart on one of the world’s longest non-stop flights instead spent the night sleeping on a plane grounded by severe weather conditions at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The Qantas flight QF8 was scheduled to fly to Brisbane, Australia, at 10pm on Friday, but because of the recent frost spell, which has caused 11 deaths around the country, the plane was forced to return to the terminal and park at the gate. The passengers were given the option to stay on the plane or to go around the terminal, but according to Qantas, due to the congestion at the airport from other cancellations, ‘many passengers chose to stay on board’.
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The Qantas flight QF8 was scheduled to fly to Brisbane, Australia, at 10pm on Friday, but the plane was forced to return to the terminal and park at the gate
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Passengers were given the option to stay on the plane or to go around the terminal
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Many chose to stay on board due to congestion in the airport from other cancellations
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The Dallas to Brisbane flight is one of the longest non-stop routes in the world, taking 17 hours
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