[top photo: The Airbus A320 plane run by Spanish tour group Iberworld is parked on the tarmac of Gando airport after it was forced to make an emergency landing.]

MADRID - An Airbus passenger plane run by Spanish tour group Iberworld was forced to make an emergency landing in the Canary Islands on Wednesday, airport operator AENA said.

The A320 airliner, en route from Gran Canaria island to Oslo, returned to the airport 10 minutes after take off due to engine problems, an AENA spokeswoman said.

No passengers were harmed and emergency procedures were followed without the need for the emergency services, AENA said.

(Reporting by Emma Pinedo; Translation by Paul Day)