Delta flight from Beijing to Seattle makes emergency landing on Alaskan island

A Delta Airlines flight from China to the US has been diverted to a remote island off the coast of Alaska after a possible “engine issue” was reported on Monday.

The Alaska Public Media News reported that Delta Airlines flight 128 from Beijing to Seattle, a Boeing 767 with 194 passengers aboard, was forced to land on Shemya Island on the western end of the Aleutian chain in Alaska.
It quoted Delta Airlines as saying that the company has sent another aircraft to pick up the passengers and send them back to Seattle in Washington State.
The aircraft was expected to arrive in Seattle at 9:15 p.m. Pacific Time.
Delta has also dispatched maintenance technicians, customer service agents and a new crew to work on the flight back to Seattle.