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A self-described peace activist responsible for the diversion of a London-to-Washington flight Wednesday acted bizarrely for hours, made references to al Qaeda and hijack training flights, and was restrained by two passengers after she urinated in the aisle.
Catherine C. Mayo, 59, a Vermont woman who also lives part time in Pakistan, was charged yesterday in federal court with interfering with a flight crew.
*** "She's got some very serious mental health problems," said Page Kelley, Mrs. Mayo's attorney, who described her client as "just barely lucid." [Another case of Bush Derangement Syndrome?]
I've begun to think that Boeing needs to redesign its airliners with a pressure-lock vestibule, so that misbehaving passengers can simply be kicked off the plane in mid-flight. A free fall from 35,000 feet could prove to be a powerful deterrent, and even if it weren't, that particular passenger would never again cause trouble.