Flight to America diverted

AN ALITALIA jet en route from Milan to Boston was diverted yesterday because the name of a passenger on board matched one on the US government’s no-fly list.

It was the second time in less than a week that a Boston-bound flight was diverted to Bangor, Maine.

On Thursday, an Air France flight from Paris landed there because someone on board had the same name and a birth date nearly the same as a person on the list of suspected terrorists.

That flight continued to Boston less than two hours later after the passenger of interest was detained by federal immigration officials, along with three of his family members. The four were later released and allowed to continue their trip.