Flight makes emergency landing on remote island in the Atlantic Ocean

It was supposed to be an 8 and a half hour flight from Madrid to New York's JFK airport, but roughly a third of the way over the Atlantic, passengers reported a loud noise. Delta Airlines says an engine problem forced flight 127 and Airbus A330 to make a sharp left turn and make an emergency landing at the closest airport, an Air Force base in the Azors, Portugal's remote island chain in the middle of the Atlantic. In a statement, Delta says the flight landed safely, and we sincerely apologize to our custom ...