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• No charges for passenger who caused jet diversion

  and the FBI later concluded that there was no danger to the plane or its passengers.Marigot was never formally admitted into the country, and Customs and Border Protection will turn her over to US Airways to be returned to France, Delahanty said.   Read more »

• Jet diverted to Maine; suspicious passenger cited

  -- Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.There is   Read more »

• Flight diverted to Maine for 'security issues'

  implanted device. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because it involved sensitive law enforcement information. US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie says the Boeing 767 with 179 passengers and nine crew members landed at noon Tuesday at Bangor International   Read more »

• Man who tried to open plane door faces Mass. judge

  -- A North Carolina business executive who authorities say became disoriented and tried to open a cabin door on a US Airways Express commuter jet from Maine to Philadelphia was released on $500 bail at his arraignment in Boston on Friday.Prosecutors had requested   Read more »

• Bird strikes on the rise at area airports

  calls for improved wildlife management after a bird strike caused the "Miracle on the Hudson" water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009, collisions have climbed nearly 40 percent at Kennedy Airport , according to the Federal Aviation Administration 's   Read more »

Around the web

• Piedmont Airlines and Communications Workers of America Reach Tentative Agreement

  expected to take place in July. Once ratified, the new agreement will extend through January, 2017. US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,200 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., 5:00 PM from Street Insider Read more »

• US Airways CFO: we have people knocking down the door to be part of our bid for American

  "No. 1, we've said if we make an offer it would not be contingent on financing. We have worked through the models and we're not sure we need to raise any more cash. We want to negotiate with the creditors' committee to see what they want. Whether they want 1:15 PM from Fort Worth Star-Telegram Read more »

• Man kicked off US Airways flight after bomb threat

  as five years in prison for the bomb threat. Airline officials say Bugakov was belligerent before the flight took off and the US Airways crew took the plane back to the Tucson gate. That was then the passenger claimed to have a bomb in his carry-on luggage. 1:09 PM from Business Journal of Phoenix Read more »

• US Airways and TPG considering joint bid for American, Reuters says

  options each party is considering," the article says. TPG declined to comment on the article that quotes unnamed sources. US Airways also declined to comment on the article. US Airways has expressed interest in bidding on American Airlines' parent company, 12:26 PM from Fort Worth Star-Telegram Read more »

• Report: US Airways exploring new options for AA

  Airways' interest in merging with American Airlines is back in the news today. A partnership with TPG could boost a US Airways bid for its larger rival in several ways. It could give the carrier more financial flexibility, including the ability to pay some 11:02 AM from USA Today Read more »