Press TV- A passenger plane belonging to Turkey�s national flag carrier airline, Turkish Airlines, has been forced to make an emergency landing in Iran's western�city of Kermanshah.

The Airbus A320 jet made the diversion while�on a scheduled commercial passenger flight from Kuwait to the Turkish city of Istanbul on Sunday, an informed source told IRNA.

The pilot of the aircraft,�carrying�70 passengers, sent a radio message to�air traffic controllers at Kermanshah�s Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport, saying that the plane�was experiencing�a technical glitch and declared an emergency, the source added.

He noted that the passengers had sustained no injuries and have been transported�to a hotel in Kermanshah and said an airplane has departed for Kermanshah to transfer them to Turkey Sunday night.

The source added that the plane would be overhauled in Kermanshah.