Passengers were stranded for 30 hours in high temperatures after an easyJet flight from Egypt to Britain was delayed.
Up to 164 holidaymakers were told to stay on board for five hours despite the flight being scheduled to take off at 5pm on Thursday.
The passengers were finally let off and put up in a hotel but the flight kept being pushed back.
They finally landed at Gatwick Airport at 4am on Saturday.
Passenger Luke Gayle, 20, of Croydon, south London, told The Sun: "It was a disgrace. People were crying and understandably losing their tempers while we were stuck on the tarmac.
"A woman six months pregnant lay across three seats. It was roasting hot and there was no food."
An easyJet spokesman said: "EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY8854 departing Sharm El-Sheikh to London Gatwick on 27 June experienced an overnight delay due to a technical issue with the aircraft.
"We would like to apologise to our passengers for any inconvenience or distress caused by the delay and assure them that we did all that we could to minimise the disruption.
"The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is easyJet’s highest priority and the aircraft’s departure was delayed while inspection and repair procedures were followed on the ground.
"All passengers were transferred to accommodation where every effort was made to ensure that they were comfortable and kept informed as to the flight’s rescheduled departure time on 28 June and notified that they were able to make up to two telephone calls free of charge.
"We apologise if there was a delay in any of those passengers receiving this information on arrival at the hotel."
