BOSTON (AP) – The man who was taken off a Boston-bound flight Tuesday when his name appeared on a government no-fly list will be deported, Customs officials said Wednesday.

After questioning, he voluntarily withdrew his application for status as a permanent legal U.S. resident, Customs and Border Protection Assistant Commissioner Kristi Clemens said.

A Boston-bound Alitalia flight from Milan, Italy, on which he was a passenger was diverted to Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday after it was learned that the man’s name was on the U.S. government’s no-fly list. Homeland Security officials said the man, whose name was not made public, was not a suspected terrorist.

The Transportation Security Agency said nothing unusual had occurred during the flight. But Canadian fighter jets escorted the flight through that country’s air space, and two F-15 Eagles from Otis Air National Guard base on Cape Cod accompanied it into Bangor.

The TSA said it was working with Alitalia to determine how the passenger was allowed to board the plane.

Last week, an Air France flight was diverted to Bangor – the first airport in the U.S. available to jets flying here from Europe – because of concerns about a passenger who had the same name and date of birth as a man on the no-fly list. That turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.