Passengers and crew of a Delta Airlines flight from Osaka, Japan, arrived on Guam several hours later than scheduled on Monday after it made an emergency landing on Iwo Jima, officials confirmed yesterday.

Delta Flight 294 made an emergency landing on Iwo Jima Sunday afternoon, and another plane was sent to pick up its passengers to continue the flight to Guam several hours later, said Tetsuo Kobayashi, with the Public Safety Department Aviation Safety Office o Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau.

Kobayashi said the flight was diverted to Iwo Jima and landed there at 1:58 p.m. Sunday Guam time. The replacement aircraft arrived on Iwo Jima around 8 p.m. and took off at 10:20 p.m. for Guam. That flight normally is scheduled to arrive at 2:45 p.m., according to the airline’s flight schedule on delta.com.

Guam’s airport agency received notice that a Delta flight was arriving several hours later than scheduled, said Rolenda Lujan Faasuamalie, the airport’s marketing manager.

Delta Airlines didn’t have a response to a request for comment as of press time yesterday.

Japan media reported that the flight had 171 passengers and crew aboard a Boeing 757-200.

The flight made an emergency landing on Iwo Jim after it experienced an engine problem, The Aviation Herald reported.

The aviation safety office stated there were no reports of injury or distressed passengers or crew.

The Delta plane that experienced the problem still was on Iwo Jima, the aviation office stated.

Japan’s Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft was about 270 miles south-southeast of Iwo Jima when the crew reported a problem with the left engine and decided to divert the flight, the Aviation Herald reported.

Iwo Jima, or sulfur island, was the site of a fierce battle between U.S. and Japanese forces during World War II.