JetBlue pilot who disrupted flight declared insane and not guilty - judge

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Tuesday found a JetBlue pilot insane and not guilty of interfering with a flight after his bizarre behaviour forced an emergency landing in March.

Osbon, 49, had been charged with interference with a flight crew and could have faced up to twenty years in prison.

Court documents show U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson in Amarillo, Texas received a report from a psychological examination that concluded, in the words of the court filing, "at the time of the commission of the offense, the defendant appeared to suffer from a severe mental disease or defect that impaired his ability to appreciate the nature, quality, or wrongfulness of his behaviour."

All parties, including the prosecutors, agreed to the report.

(Reporting by Jim Forsyth; Editing by Greg McCune)