A JetBlue flight travelling from Boston to Bermuda had to return to the US midflight on Saturday morning.

Airline spokesman Bryan Baldwin said the plane departed Boston at 10.36 p.m. and was due to arrive on the Island around 2 p.m.

"After the aircraft got in the air the pilots had an indication that the landing gear may not have retracted all the way," he told The Royal Gazette.

"We would have been unable to fly all the way to Bermuda if that was the case.

"After ensuring that the landing gear was down, they returned to Boston."

Passengers were put on a different aircraft which touched down in Bermuda at 3.27 p.m.