Mother Says Her Daughter Has History Of Mental Problems

Well, we haven't had one of these in awhile... and we certainly haven't missed it.

A Florida airport was placed on standby Thursday night after a passenger on an incoming flight claimed to have a gun and a bomb.

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport police told Tampa Bay's Fox-13 a woman on Allegiant Air flight 864 inbound from Greensboro, NC locked herself in the plane's lavatory Thursday night, and apparently threatened to blow up the MD-80.

Sarah Ford, 24, was arrested after the plane landed safely.

A flight attendant found Ford had sprayed the lav. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Bordner told The Associated Press the woman also apparently lit a match, or smoked a cigarette while inside the lav.

"There was no evidence of a fire once deputies got on board and began examining the plane. It was probably cigarette smoke, that's the assumption or she lit a match," he said.

Ford was being held at Pinellas County Jail on a $20,000 bond for allegedly making a bomb threat... and another $10,000 bond for one charge of criminal mischief.

The young woman reportedly has a history of mental problems, and was recently discharged from a state psychiatric facility.

Marjorie Ford told North Carolina's News & Observer her daughter suffered from paranoid delusions.

FMI: www.allegiantair.com