Woman on diverted trans-Atlantic flight passed notes to crew
A woman on a trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Boston for security concerns yesterday, passed several notes to crew members and urinated on the cabin floor.
An affidavit filed today says she made comments the crew believed were references to al-Qaida and the September 11 attacks.
Catherine Mayo, 59, of Braintree, Vermont, was to appear in federal court later today on a charge of interfering with a flight crew after disrupting United 923 as it flew from London to Washington, D.C.
The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members, landed safely with the escort of two F-15 fighter jets after the pilot declared an emergency on board because Mayo spoke of being in Pakistan and made other remarks the crew believed were references to building a bomb.
Federal officials quickly dismissed any real terror ties shortly after the flight landed.
The outburst – just a week after British authorities said they had foiled a terror plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights – prompted a massive security scare.
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