Stranded Delta Airlines passengers arrive in Seattle

Passengers aboard aDelta Airlines flight that had to be diverted to Iqaluit Fridaydue to mechanical problemshave made it to their final destination.

The AirbusA330-300, en route from Amsterdam to Seattle, landed around lunch time Friday,after the crew noticed a problem with one of the wing's spoilers the short flaps on the top of the wings.

John Hawkins, Iqaluit's airport manager,says the city's location and facilities means it often handlesemergency landings of intercontinentalflights.

"We have a long runway and we have a hospital, if there's a medical diversion of some kind. So we're kind ofwell-equipped to accept them," he said. "But we don't typically have enough place to process or hold their passengers while this happens."

The 235 passengers from Delta flight 233 were de-planed and brought to Iqaluit's Cadet Hall mid-afternoon Friday.

They were still technically in transit so were under the supervision of Canada Border Services Agency officers.

Deltasenta Boeing 777-200 to Iqaluit from Atlanta to pick up the stranded passengers.The plane arrived in Nunavut late Friday nightand landedin Seattle around 4 a.m. EST on Saturday.