A commercial airline had to make an unexpected pit stop. 

After a Delta jet experienced engine problems, the flight was forced to land on an island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, where the nearly 300 travelers on board had to spend the night, officials told NBC News July 10. 

The plane—which left Madrid on July 6 and was headed for New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport—was diverted to the civil parish Lajes on the Portuguese island Azores after the pilots received "indication of a mechanical issue with an engine," Delta said in a statement to the outlet. 

At the time, the flight was carrying 282 passengers and 13 crew members on board, the airline confirmed. 

After the customers and employees were deplaned via stairs at the Lajes airport (TER), they were directed to lodging for the night on the island, where they were "accommodated overnight in area hotels and provided meals," according to Delta's statement. 

The following day, the passengers re-boarded a new aircraft and made their way to their intended destination. 

"The flight landed safely," Delta added, "and we sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience and delay in their travels."

This isn't the first flight mishap that Delta has experienced this year. Back in February, the company offered $30,000 to each of its passengers aboard a flight that crash landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. 

Of the total of 80 people—76 passengers and four crew members—traveling on the flight coming in from Minneapolis, Minn., 18 suffered injuries and three were transported to medical facilities, NBC News reported at the time. 

Amid an investigation into the cause of the crash, Delta spoke out on the incident, assuring its customers that the company had no doubts about the skillset of the crew members who were on the aircraft at the time. 

"All these pilots train for these conditions,” Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CBS Mornings Feb. 19. “They fly under all kinds of conditions at all the airports in which we rate, so there's nothing specific with respect to experience that I'd look to.” 

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