BANGOR, Maine - Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger travelling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.

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.

The 12-inch monkey described as 'a slippery little beast,' managed to free itself from its crate inside the plane's cargo hold before takeoff at JFK International Airport in New York yesterday.