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Plane Mysteriously Diverts to Military Base Before Airline Sends Replacement Aircraft

The plane stopped at a remote base at the edge of the Atlantic.

A passenger plane from New Jersey made a mysterious and unscheduled diversion to a Canadian military base on its way to Europe. SAS Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK910 had departed from Newark Liberty International when it made an unexpected landing at Goose Bay, Canada, on November 16, which left passengers stranded overnight. The flight was three and a half hours in when it diverted, according to FlightAware. The settlement is home to just 8,000 and is often regarded as one of the final stops before the Atlantic. The base where the Airbus A330-300 landed, while a common destination, is known to have few passenger amenities. SAS later sent another Airbus A330 from Copenhagen to collect its passengers. Operating under the name of Flight SK9201. It left the Danish capital on Monday, November 17 and arrived at its destination on Tuesday, Noevember 18. On X, FlightRadar24 said, “A presumably very light SAS A330 has been scrambled to fly to Goose Bay to pick up stranded passengers.” It is not clear what caused the diversion or whether the passengers were accommodated on the military base. The Daily Beast has contacted SAS for more information.