An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva, after unconfirmed reports of a hijacking.

A spokesman at Geneva airport told Reuters news agency a hijacked aircraft had arrived at the airport.hk domain

The airline said in a statement all passengers and crew were safe at Geneva airport.

Flight 702 was scheduled to leave Addis Ababa at 00:30 local time (03:30 GMT), and arrive in Rome at 04:40 local time.   cn domain