BOSTON -- An Alitalia plane diverted to Bangor, Maine, landed in Boston Tuesday after the name of a passenger on the aircraft matched that of a person on the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list.

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Flight 618, carrying 127 passengers and 10 crew members, landed at about 12:45 p.m. in Bangor after taking off from Milan, Italy. It was scheduled to land at Logan International Airport at 1:10 p.m., but did not arrive there until 2:45 p.m.

Officials diverted the Boeing 767 after Algerian national Abdelkrim Bechnamadauchi's name and birth date appeared on the no-fly list.

He had in the past been the subject of an FBI Full Field Investigation, meaning he had a case folder opened on him, which has subsequently been closed, sources said. He is no longer the target of an FBI investigation, but under federal guidelines for terror investigations, a full case must be opened before any extensive checking outside of law enforcement databases can begin.

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Bechnamadauchi and his bag were removed from the plane, and the aircraft continued on to Boston, according to Ann Davis, of the TSA.

"As we were beginning our decent, they told us the temperature and weather in Boston, but then we found ourselves in a different place," passenger Nicholas Genes said. "The mood on the plane was very calm, and then when we realized there was not much to it, we were taking it lightly."

There was no indication of unusual activity on the flight. Canadian jets and two American F15 Eagles from Otis Air National Guard base on Cape Cod escorted the plan to Maine, where it was met by federal law enforcement officials.

This is the second time in one week that an international flight has been diverted to Maine. Last week, a Boston-bound Air France jet that took off in Paris was diverted after one of the passengers was found to have nearly the same name as a person listed on the no-fly list.

Rep. Edward Markey, a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, said that officials should check the no-fly list before the plane is in the air.

"It is unacceptable that checks against the list are performed after the plane has left the gate and may already be in the air. Errors on the list and close, but not exact, matches have occurred in the past, needlessly frightening and inconveniencing passengers. Discrepancies must be resolved before the passengers board and the plane leaves the ground. In a wired world of instant global communications, the Transportation Security Administration should be able to work with its foreign counterparts to ensure that we check first, and fly later," Markey said in a statement.

Airlines are required to transmit passenger lists for U.S.-bound flights to the U.S. to the Homeland Security Department within 15 minutes of takeoff.

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