Flight rerouted for threatening note
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From Times Wire Reports
A 50-passenger U.S. Airways flight from New York to Portland, Maine, turned back to New York after a male passenger interfered with the crew.
The passenger reportedly handed the pilot a threatening note he said was written by God. Federal authorities were holding him for questioning. The plane was searched before taking off again for Portland.
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