BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A federal magistrate judge in Maine has ordered a competency examination for a Florida man accused of causing a trans-Atlantic flight to be diverted to Bangor.
Magistrate Margaret Kravchuk on Friday granted a defense request for the examination. In doing so, she also delayed a detention hearing scheduled for Monday for 26-year-old Derek Stansberry.
The FBI says Delta Air Lines Flight 273 from Paris to Atlanta was forced to land in Bangor Tuesday because Stansberry claimed he had a false passport and dynamite. It turns out that there were no explosives, and Stansberry’s passport was valid.
Stansberry is charged with false information and threats, and interfering with a flight crew. The Air Force veteran is from Riverview, Fla.
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- This April 2010 booking photo released by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department shows Derek Stansberry, of Riverview, Fla. Stansberry faces charges for behavior that caused Delta Air Lines Flight 273 to divert to Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday from its scheduled route from Paris to tlanta.
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