A woman blamed for a security scare aboard a U.S.-bound jetliner will be sent back to France and wo n't face criminal charges , federal prosecutors in Maine said Wednesday . Lucie Zeeko Merigot is being turned over to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency after a court appearance Wednesday in Bangor , U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty announced . The 41-year-old Frenchwoman had been booked into the Penobscot County jail for interfering with a flight crew late Tuesday , about 12 hours after US Airways Flight 787 was diverted to Bangor , but Delahanty said prosecutors decided against charges after the FBI questioned crew members and flight attendants into Wednesday morning . Federal officials said the flight from Paris to Charlotte , North Carolina , was diverted as a precaution after Merigot claimed to have a surgically implanted device inside her . In a written statement , Delahanty said Merigot 's note , in French , said she was `` simply a victim of a group of doctors '' and that she had `` an object in her body that is out of my control . '' She told a flight attendant that she did not know whether the object could hurt her or others , but doctors who examined her found no sign of recent surgical scars . Mystery object in the air investigated after pilot report . `` The continuing investigation revealed that the plane and its crew and passengers were never actually in danger at any time , '' the statement said . Marigot , a Cameroon-born French citizen , also gave the crew `` a book authored by her that details her personal story . '' WATCH : Suspect led away after plane incident . Andrew Kobayashi , a passenger on the Boeing 767 , said the woman was sweaty and `` being a weirdo '' during the flight . The crew told passengers the flight was landing in Bangor because of uncharacteristically strong headwinds that required the plane to take on more fuel , Kobayashi and other passengers said . But after the jet landed , they said , one of the pilots apologized to passengers for the deception .
Lucie Zeeko Merigot will be sent home rather than charged , prosecutors said . Woman had told flight crew a device was implanted in her . Merigot was arrested after US Airways Flight 175 made an unscheduled stop in Maine . She faced a court appearance Wednesday morning , federal prosecutors said .