Delta Air Lines passengers spent a day on the remote Azores island chain, nearly 1,000 miles from the European mainland.

A Delta jet experienced engine problems on what was supposed to be a trans-Atlantic flight and landed on an island in the middle of the ocean, leading to a more than 31-hour delay, officials said Thursday.

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.