The woman blamed for forcing a flight to divert to Boston will stay in jail at least for a week.
Wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt, socks but no shoes, Catherine Mayo appeared in Boston federal court today. She was ordered held until a detention and probable cause hearing next Thursday. Her public defender says Mayo has "some very serious mental health problems."
Mayo's son says the Vermont resident is a peace activist who'd been in Pakistan since March and often went there to visit a pen-pal who's not allowed into the U.S. A Pakistani newspaper has published columns she wrote, including one critical of President Bush.
In court papers filed by an FBI agent, Mayo is described as acting oddly on the plane, at one point making a reference that the captain took to mean al-Qaida. The papers say when she urinated on the cabin floor, he ordered her restrained.
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Good example of someone who believes her life peaked in the 60's. It's pretty sad.
If I had been on the plane with her, though, I doubt I'd have as much sympathy.