United Airlines flight 23 from Newark to Dublin diverted to Newfoundland for medical emergency, stranded for days due to weather [Video]

NEW YORK — An international United Airlines flight was diverted and grounded for days over the weekend.

United flight 23, from Newark to Dublin, instead landed at St. John’s International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada last Thursday because of a medical emergency. Then, severe weather kept them there for several more days.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, was onboard.

“About halfway over the Atlantic, there was a medical emergency, and we ended up with you, and we’re still here,” Dolan said, as he presided over Sunday Mass in Canada. “We are sure grateful, very grateful for the hospitality that you all have shown to us.”

The airline said they needed “to address a medical issue with a passenger onboard.”

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