US Airways jet diverted after passenger hands note to flight attendant saying she had surgically implanted device

A French citizen accused of causing a US Airways flight to be diverted to Maine by claiming she had a surgically implanted device will soon be headed back home.

A Charlotte-bound US Airways jet from Paris was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a passenger indicated she had a surgically implanted device, raising fears of a new terror strategy that security officials had warned about. There is no evidence the plane was ever in danger, officials said. An examination by two doctors aboard the plane found that the passenger, a French citizen born in Cameroon ...