(NEXSTAR) – Some Delta passengers booked on a Salt Lake City-bound flight were stranded overnight after their plane's emergency slide was mistakenly deployed shortly before takeoff Saturday.

The incident happened while Flight 3248 was still at the gate at Pittsburgh International Airport, a Delta spokesperson confirmed to Nexstar.

"While the aircraft door was being opened, crew inadvertently deployed an emergency slide at the gate in PIT," the spokesperson said in an email. "As a result, customers on the return flight from PIT to SLC were rebooked on other Delta flights to their destination later that evening or the following morning."

Delta said it provided hotel accommodations for the passengers who weren't able to fly until Sunday.

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