Delta passengers spend 29 hours on a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after the engine problem

Airline spokesman said that customers on a flight from Madrid to New York spent more than a day on Terceira, Azores – a small island in the center of the Atlantic Ocean – after Midflight pushed the engine to an emergency landing.

There were 282 clients and 13 crew members on the Delta Flight 127 to John F. Kennedy International in New York on Sunday when Airbus A330 fell in the Azores area, an independent area of ​​Portugal consisting of nine volcanic islands. They spent about 29 hours on the island.

A spokesman for the Delta said: “As safety advances in front of everything in Delta, the flight crew followed procedures to convert it into Lagos, TER (TER) after reference to a mechanical problem with a engine,” said a spokesman for the Delta. “The journey fell safely, and we are sincerely apologizing to our customers for their experience and delay in their trips.”

Delta did not specify the nature of the mechanical issue.

A firing spokesman said the flight had landed safely, and the customers have exhausted through the stairs within an hour of landing. As of Wednesday, the speaker had no information available on whether the plane was still under maintenance.

The customers and the deals spent the night in the area hotels and were supplied with meals. They boarded a new plane and arrived at JFK Airport on Monday.

The trip from Madrid to New York usually takes about 8 hours, 20 minutes.

Delta will continue with customers directly to apologize and provide compensation.

This year, Minister of Transport Sean Duffy I worked to reassure the Americans that flying is still safe.

“If you enter a plane, if you look at the number of people who fly, and the number of flights we have, of course, it is a safe space,” Duffy told CBS News in February.

CBS News has arrived at the Federal Aviation Administration for suspension.