Delta passengers are diverted to spend the night at remote military bases in Canada

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Hundreds of Detroit-bound airline passengers spent Sunday night at a remote Canadian military base after their Delta Air Lines flight experienced mechanical problems, the airline said. .

Delta Flight 135, carrying 270 passengers, three pilots and seven flight attendants from Amsterdam to the United States, made the emergency flight at night to Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador “due to an abundance of caution,” Delta said. in a statement.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that the pilot of the Airbus 330 “reported problems with the use of equipment and transferred to the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Airport in Canada at approximately 3:15 pm local time. ” The FAA said it would investigate.

“Crew duty schedules were affected due to weather and road conditions at Goose Bay airport that caused the airport to be closed,” Delta said, and passengers stayed overnight. Sunday in the military in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, a village of about 8,000 residents. in Central Labrador. Goose Bay Airfield is home to both military and civilian airfields along with two major runways.

The airline worked with local officials to provide food and lodging for passengers, and Delta said it was providing compensation to customers but declined to offer specifics.

“Delta sent additional flights to Goose Bay to get customers to their final destination on Monday. We apologize to customers for this inconvenience,” the airline said.

CNN has reached out to the Goose Bay Airport, which handles an average of 160,000 passengers a year, for more information.