Passengers flying from Newark to Copenhagen were stranded overnight after an unscheduled landing at a remote Canadian military base

• An SAS flight from New York to Copenhagen diverted to a Canadian military base in Goose Bay. • Passengers were stranded overnight before a rescue jet arrived from Copenhagen the next day. • Goose Bay, home to 8,000 people and an air force base, often handles emergency landings.

An SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight from New York to Copenhagen was forced to divert to a Canadian military base, leaving passengers stranded overnight before the airline dispatched a rescue jet to retrieve them.

Flight SK910, an Airbus A330-300, departed Newark Liberty International Airport at 5:47 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, bound for Denmark.

But after three and a half hours in the air, the plane diverted northwest and landed safely at Goose Bay Airport in Labrador, Canada, at 9:15 p.m. local time (AST)