U.S. Airways jet diverted for security issue
Posted May 22, 2012 03:18:15 PM.
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A U.S. Airways jet flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., was been diverted to Bangor, Maine because of what airline officials labelled as a security issue.
A person briefed on the incident said a female passenger from Cameroon handed a note to the flight crew announcing she had a device surgically planted inside her body, but gave no indication the device was a bomb or any other type of threat.
Officials have since determined there is no evidence of a bomb involved.
A North American Aerospace Defence Command spokesman said two F-15 fighter jets scrambled to escort the plane.
There were 179 passengers on board.
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