Business briefing: Delta flight forced to land in the Aleutians

A Delta Air Lines flight had to make an emergency landing on a remote island in Alaska's Aleutians chain and another aircraft was being sent to pick up the passengers. Citing a statement by Delta, the Anchorage Daily News reported the flight from Beijing to Seattle with 194 passengers landed Monday at a military base on Shemya Island because of a potential engine issue. Delta spokesman Drake Castaneda said in an e-mail that another aircraft was en route from Seattle, along with maintenance technicians and a new crew. Shemya is near the western end of the Aleutians. It has a 10,000-foot runway at Eareckson Air Station, which serves as an Air Force refueling hub and an emergency landing site. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman couldn't be reached because of the partial federal government shutdown.

Wisconsin's largest distillery is on the path to new ownership after filing for bankruptcy last month. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that local competitor Dancing Goat Distillery in Cambridge, Wis., submitted the winning bid of nearly $2.5 million at a bankruptcy auction last week for Death's Door Distillery in Middleton, Wis., a suburb a few miles west of Madison. Dancing Goat partner Travis Hasse said Death's Door aligned well because it's a Wisconsin brand with a good Wisconsin story. He said a closing will likely be held in early January. Death's Door filed for bankruptcy in November after sales plateaued and the company faced $6 million in debt to more than 100 creditors. The bankrupt company's 25,000-square-foot distillery isn't part of the sale since Death's Door leases the property.

South Korea said Monday it will fine BMW $9.9 million and file a criminal complaint against the company with state prosecutors over an allegedly botched response to dozens of engine fires reported in the country. South Korea's Transport Ministry its investigation panel after a five-month review concluded that the German automaker deliberately tried to cover up technical problems and moved too slowly to recall vehicles after around 40 of its cars caught fire earlier this year. The ministry found the fires to be caused by faulty valves in the vehicles' exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers. BMW apologized and recalled some 172,000 vehicles.

Oil and gas producer BP has sold three of its Texas wind farms to funds managed by affiliates of Los Angeles-based private-equity firm Ares Management Corp. London-based BP said the deal includes its Silver Star, Sherbino Mesa 2 and Trinity Hills turbine farms. Terms of the sale, announced Friday in Houston, weren't released. BP said it wants to optimize and upgrade its other American turbine farms. It still will have interest in 11 wind farms in eight U.S. states.

A former employee of a Wyoming occupational therapy office said the owner of the business pressured her to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed a lawsuit in federal court Dec. 17 against Teton Therapy, a group of physical and occupational therapy offices in four Wyoming locations. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Rohrbacher worked at an office in Lander, Wyo. Rohrbacher claimed in court documents that owner Jeff McMenamy declined to promote her and then forced her to resign in 2013, after she refused to enroll in Church of Scientology courses. Rohrbacher sued under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits religious harassment at work. McMenamy said neither he nor his attorney had seen filings in the case and could not comment on the lawsuit.