WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - An American Airlines

flight out of New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome

on Sunday over a "possible security issue," ABC News reported,

citing a statement by the airline.

American Airlines Flight 292, which departed from John F.

Kennedy International Airport, was heading to Indira Gandhi

International Airport in New Dehli. It has landed safely at the

Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport, the airport told ABC

News.