A plane flying from New York to New Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome airport following a bomb alert, according to US media reports.
The plane, which had changed its course to go to Rome, was carrying 285 passengers. Italian authorities carried out an inspection after the bomb threat.
A spokesman for Leonardo da Vinci airport said a plane from New York to New Delhi turned around over the Caspian Sea on Sunday before landing in Rome.
The airport official did not specify the reason for the change in trajectory, but added that all necessary checks would be carried out after the passengers disembark.
Images published by the Associated Press agency showed two fighter jets flying over the airport just before the unplanned landing.
