Delta said it would directly apologize to its customers for the experience and offer unspecified compensation for the 30-hour delay.

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.