Free Wilmington Travel Guide!Charlotte-bound flight lands in Maine over odd passenger behavior
GLENN ADAMS
Associated Press
AUGUSTA, ME (AP) — An official says US Airways Flight 787 from Paris to Charlotte has been diverted to Maine because a French passenger exhibited suspicious behavior.
The official briefed on the investigation says the woman is in custody and the flight has been cleared to continue. The woman is a French citizen who was born in Cameroon.
Another official says the passenger appeared to be mentally unstable and that she announced that she had a surgically implanted device. Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity because it involved sensitive law enforcement information.
A US Airways spokesman says the Boeing 767 with 179 passengers and nine crew members landed around noon Tuesday at Bangor International Airport.
Two F-15 fighters were scrambled to escort the jetliner to the ground.
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Associated Press writers Eileen Sullivan in Washington, Denise Lavoie in Boston and Clarke Canfield in Portland, ME, contributed to this report.
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