Flight Delays Strand Many Fliers on Eastern

Hundreds of Eastern Airlines ticket holders were stuck at Logan International Airport on Sunday for a third day as flights were delayed or canceled by mechanical problems.

An incoming flight Sunday morning from Orlando, Fla., was canceled because of equipment problems that required servicing, an airline spokesman said. A flight from Boston to Miami was delayed several hours after Eastern mechanics discovered a fuel leak. And a flight from Boston to Orlando was delayed three hours.

The spokesman said the delays and cancellations were typical of any large airline on a busy weekend. Three Eastern flights out of Logan were canceled Saturday and two Eastern jets were taken out of service Friday, delaying hundreds of travelers.