A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for Jamaica was forced to divert to Ireland on Saturday after experiencing an engine failure while crossing the North Atlantic.

The airline’s VS165 service, operated by an Airbus A330-900neo, departed London Heathrow on Saturday afternoon with 246 passengers and 13 crew members on board for Montego Bay. The flight was proceeding normally at a cruising altitude of 34,000 feet when the crew detected a problem with one of the aircraft’s engines nearly three hours into the journey.

According to the St Vincent Times, the pilots shut down the affected right-hand Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine as a precaution and continued operating on a single engine. The aircraft subsequently descended to 20,000 feet before turning back towards Europe.