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Charged JetBlue pilot: 'We're not going to Vegas'

A file photo of Capt. Clayton Osbon at

Photo credit: WireImage | A file photo of Capt. Clayton Osbon at LAX Airport in Los Angeles. (June 17, 2009)

The JetBlue captain who went on a bizarre tirade and was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot during a flight from New York to Las Vegas was charged Wednesday with interfering with a flight crew in a federal complaint that revealed dramatic details of his apparent breakdown.

"We're not going to Vegas," Clayton Osbon, 49, told his co-pilot during the flight Tuesday morning, the FBI agent...

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