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French woman said she had surgically-implanted bomb on plane

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    Suspect gave flight attendant a note about device

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This Fox News alert more breaking news on -- US Airways jet from Paris bound for Charlotte, North Carolina diverted for security reasons.

We're told -- flight with nearly 200 people on board was diverted because of suspicious behavior by one passenger.

Who reportedly claimed she was carrying a body bomb.

That -- now on the ground in Bangor Maine after being escorted there by a pair of F fifteen fighters Trace Gallagher is following the story has more to Trace.

I -- the bomb threat was made the fighter jets were scrambled that plane was escorted now the chairman of the house homeland security committee Peter King just told me that it was a French woman who sent a note to the crew saying that she had a bomb surgically implanted in her body.

The pilot notified authorities and there were some doctors onboard who actually examined the woman to see -- there any signs of a recent surgery they could not find any.

But congressman king says that surgically implanted bombs.

Already a major concern listen to him.

I think the American people ought to be wake up -- the American people.

Who think that somehow the inspections at the airport on the concerns that we have about explosive devices are not real.

I can tell you from what I'm aware of that there are surgeons who can perform this type operation.

Interestingly this woman boarding the flight with no baggage it's unclear she had to carry on bag remember the shoe bomber Richard Reid.

Had no bags at all the woman has now been taken into custody.

Flight 787 -- 179 passengers on board ship.

All right Trace thank you very much for giving -- update --

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