ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) -

An American Airlines ( AAL ) flight from New York to New

Delhi was forced to land in Italy due to a bomb threat, the

Flight Emergency site and airport sources said on Sunday.

"American flight AA292 will divert to Rome en route to

Delhi due to a bomb threat," Flight Emergency, a flight-tracking

account, posted on X.

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight with about 200 people

onboard landed at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport at about

16:20 GMT, according to airport sources.

The plane was over the Caspian Sea when the airline

warned the crew of a bomb threat, sources added.

A senior official briefed on the matter was cited by ABC

News as saying that a bomb threat was received by email but

deemed to be unfounded.

American Airlines ( AAL ) did not immediately respond to a

request for comment.

The flight, which departed from John F. Kennedy

International Airport, had been heading to Indira Gandhi

International Airport in New Dehli.