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Security Issues Divert Flight

Female passenger told crew she had 'implanted device.'

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A US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., was diverted to Bangor, Maine, due to a “security issue,” the airline confirmed Tuesday. Flight 787 was reportedly re-routed after a female passenger told the crew she had a surgically implanted device. The plane, carrying 188 passengers, was escorted by a military aircraft to Bangor. "out of abundance of caution" a federal official said. There was no immediate indication that the device was a bomb, though the woman was arrested and taken in for questioning, Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said.

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