UK-bound passengers stuck on ‘nightmare’ five-hour flight to nowhere

A Delta plane rerouted before crossing over the Atlantic Ocean (stock image) - (Getty Images)

Delta Airlines was forced to operate a five-hour “flight to nowhere” after a Scotland-bound plane encountered problems over Canada.

Flight DL208 from New York to Edinburgh was two hours into the almost seven-hour scheduled flight on Monday (25 November) when it made a U-turn back to JFK Airport.