UPDATE: United passengers stranded at freezing Canada airport for 18 hours flown back to N.J.

Even people who left New Jersey this weekend ended up dealing with brutal cold as a United Airlines flight that departed Newark airport on Saturday ended up getting stuck on a freezing Canadian runway for nearly 14 hours, according to reports.

The flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Hong Kong got diverted to an airport in Newfoundland, Canada because of a medical emergency, according to a report from CNN.

But when the plane was set to continue its journey, a mechanical issue kept passengers stuck on the runway. They remained there for the next 14 hours, unable to get off the plane as temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero, CNN reported.

The passengers were forced to stay on the plane because the airport reportedly didn’t have customs agents on duty to process them. Some passengers took to Twitter to shed light into their situation.

Sonjay Dutt, a professional wrestler who was on the flight, live-tweeted the ordeal, saying that the plane ran low on food while stuck on the runway.

Please help us. This is an emergency @united. People are not doing well. Running low on food. — SONJAY (@sonjaydutterson) January 20, 2019

My home for the last 12+ hours. pic.twitter.com/RFbyA2wCXp — SONJAY (@sonjaydutterson) January 20, 2019

CNN reported that on Sunday morning, Goose Bay officials brought the passengers and crew donuts and coffee from Tim Hortons, the popular Canadian fast food restaurant.

After the passengers were stuck for more than half a day, another aircraft was sent to pick up some of the passengers and take them back to Newark. Others told CNN they’d be staying in Canada to try and make it to their final destination.

United Airlines didn’t respond to requests for comment from NJ Advance Media on Sunday night.

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