Paris-to-Atlanta Flight Diverted To Maine Airport

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Source: CBS News/AP

(AP) BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration says a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been diverted to an airport in Maine after federal air marshals responded to a passenger causing a disturbance.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says Delta Air Lines Flight 273 is scheduled to land at the Bangor International Airport on Tuesday afternoon. He says the plane is an Airbus 320, but he doesn't know how many passengers and crew are aboard.

Further details aren't available.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/27/ap/national/main6437493.shtml

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U.S. Official Says Air Marshals Have Suspect in Custody; Claimed to Have Backpack Bomb

April 27, 2010—

A Delta flight from Paris to Atlanta was diverted to Bangor, Maine Tuesday after federal air marshals took into custody a suspect who was causing a disturbance, according to U.S. officials and a statement from the Transportation Security Administration.

The Delta airlines website shows flight #273 "diverted."

One U.S. law enforcement official said that two air marshals were "sitting on the guy's chest" as the plane landed.

A Delta spokesperson confirmed the plane had been diverted because of a "disruptive passenger" who was taken into custody by air marshals.

The plane, an Airbus 330, was scheduled to leave Charles DeGaulle airport at 1:30 Paris time and arrive in Atlanta at 5:25 p.m. EST.

U.S. officials briefed on the incident said the suspect's backpack and shoes had been moved to an area of the aircraft where a blast would do the least damage.

One official said "we don't know if it's some knucklehead or a real threat and we won't know until the plane is on the ground."