Stranded, Squeezed and Seething as Hong Kong Airport Shuts Down
- Hundreds of flights canceled as protesters pour into terminal
- Packed trains leave many walking away from latest flashpoint
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When Edith Yeung landed at Hong Kong airport around 6 p.m. on Monday, her plane’s crew announced that all connecting flights had been canceled, without saying why.
That was Yeung’s first inkling of the chaos that awaited thousands of passengers as Hong Kong’s international airport, the busiest in Asia, imposed an unprecedented shutdown after protesters swarmed into the terminal.