A plane has made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport this morning.

The US-bound Ethiopian Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Dublin at 6.10am en route to Washington.

About an hour and a half into the flight, flight ET500 reported that one of its engines had shut down and it was forced to return to Dublin.

UPDATE EMERGENCY Dreamliner #ET500 on final approach to Dublin with one engine shut down: https://t.co/PoWJYO9ZlF pic.twitter.com/ePwjZTU8oB — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) October 23, 2015

It landed safely just after 8.30am. It is understood around 300 people were on board.

Emergency services were on standby as a precaution.