Nearly 300 Delta passengers were stranded for 30 hours after an engine issue forced an emergency landing in the mid-Atlantic.

Delta Air Lines Flight 127 departed from Madrid and was heading for New York when a mid-flight engine issue caused the pilot to divert the plane to Terceira Island.

A transatlantic flight headed for New York didn’t make it there, and nearly 300 passengers ended up stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean. Delta Flight 127 was en route from Madrid to JFK International Airport on Sunday,

A Delta Air Lines flight this week that took off from Madrid was diverted to an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after the plane experienced a mechanical issue. Delta flight 127 departed from Madrid on Sunday en route to New York City’s John F.