A Turkish man accused of inflight behavior that prompted bomb-threat procedures and US military fighter jets to escort the American Airlines plane to Hawaii is mentally competent to stand trial and must be detained without bail to protect the community, a federal judge in Honolulu ruled Thursday. Anil Uskanli's attorney, Richard Sing, had requested the mental competency and detention hearing to be closed to the public to protect Uskanli's private mental health information. US Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield initially granted the request. The AP, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and other media objected to closing the hearing. "The case against Mr Uskanli is of significant public interest because it concerns the prosecution of a man whose alleged actions threatened the lives of people aboard an airliner, an incident that made news around the world," said a letter from the AP, urging the judge not to limit the public's right to court access without following proper procedures.<br/>