(Reuters) - The passenger who said she had a surgically-implanted device in her body and caused a US Airways jetliner to divert to Maine will not face criminal charges in the security scare, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Flight diverted to Maine over 'security issue' Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 01:56 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2012 AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An official says US Airways Flight 787 from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., has been diverted to Maine because a French passenger exhibited ...

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 ...