Thanks for the update. I guess that's the last we'll hear of this story.
Actually, this update is kinda interesting. We got a name this time.
Posting it here as things like this seem to get edited later:
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Diverted Flight From Italy Finally Lands In Boston
Aircraft Took Off From Milan
POSTED: 11:43 am EDT May 17, 2005
UPDATED: 3:54 pm EDT May 17, 2005
BOSTON -- For the second time in a week, an international flight headed for Boston was diverted to Bangor, Maine, because a passenger's name matches one on the government's no-fly list.
Alitalia Flight 618 (pictured, left) was scheduled to land at Boston's Logan International Airport at 1:10 p.m. EDT. Instead, it landed about 20 minutes earlier at the Bangor International Airport and finally got to Boston about 2:45 p.m. EDT.
Officials diverted the Boeing 767 after Algerian national Abdelkrim Bechnamadauchi's name and birth date appeared on the no-fly list, reported Boston television station WCVB.
He had in the past been the subject of an FBI Full Field Investigation, the station said, 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.
Bechnamadauchi and his bag were removed from the plane, and the aircraft continued to Boston, according to Ann Davis, of the TSA.
There was no indication of unusual activity on the flight, however 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, WCVB reported.
The Alitalia flight originated in Milan.
www.whiotv.com/news/4498095/detail.html