Delta flight makes emergency stopover on Alaska island
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight had to make an emergency landing on a remote island in Alaska’s Aleutians chain and another aircraft was being sent to pick up the passengers.
Citing a statement by Delta, the Anchorage Daily News reports the flight from Beijing to Seattle with 194 passengers landed Monday at a military base on Shemya Island because of a potential engine issue.
Delta spokesman Drake Castaneda said in an email that another aircraft was en route from Se
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