A Delta jet, carrying nearly 300 travelers and crew, incurred engine problems over the Atlantic before landing on an island in the middle of the ocean where passengers had to spend the night, officials said Thursday.

Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Madrid to New York made an emergency landing in the Portuguese Island of Terceira in the Azores. The airline said the John F. Kennedy International Airport-bound flight experienced an engine problem after midnight and made an emergency landing.

Nearly 300 Delta Air Lines passengers were forced to spend 29 hours on a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after their flight from Madrid to New York was forced to make an emergency landing due to an engine malfunction.