BANGOR, Maine â€"  A US Airways flight flying from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina, has been diverted to Maine because of what an airline spokesman calls a "security issue."

Spokesman Andrew Christie says the plane with 179 passengers and nine crew members was diverted around noon Tuesday to Bangor International Airport.

He says there was a "security issue" on Flight 787. He says a passenger exhibited suspicious behavior.

There was no immediate word from the airport.