B757-200 CREW DIVERTED DUE TO AN ENG PROB. THE FLT ATTENDANT ALSO HAD A DISRUPTIVE PAX THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A DIVERSION IN ANY CASE.

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ENG PROB APPROX 45 MINS INFLT. CAPT INFORMED #1 FLT ATTENDANT THAT HE WOULD DIVERT TO TPA IN 10 MINS. NO PLANNED EMER EVAC NECESSARY. COLLECTED ITEMS FROM CABIN AND TOOK JUMP SEATS. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. JUST AS A NOTE: WE WERE DEALING WITH AN UNCOOPERATIVE PAX (SHE HAD ENTIRE ROW). WERE JUST ABOUT TO ASK CAPT TO DIVERT IF SHE CAUSED ANY OTHER PROBS. SHE WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT IN TPA BY PARAMEDICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO EMER ROOM IN TPA WHERE SHE ESCAPED AND WAS NEVER FOUND. RPT WAS FILED ON THIS PAX. SHE ENTERED THE ACFT BY AISLE CHAIR; INSISTED ON BEING LAST WAS PLACED IN ROW XX (ABC) INSTEAD OF ORIGINAL SEAT OF XX. GOT OUT OF SEAT WITHIN 10 MINS OF FLT; WENT TO RESTROOM WHERE SHE STAYED FOR AT LEAST 10 MINS UNDER CAREFUL WATCH BY MYSELF FROM OUTSIDE OF DOOR (DOOR WAS LOCKED). AFTER A FEW MINS; I KNOCKED AND TOLD HER TO TAKE HER SEAT WITHIN 1 MIN OR I WOULD HAVE TO UNLOCK DOOR. SHE CAME OUT WANTING TO SIT IN SEAT YYY -- INSISTED IT WAS HER ORIGINAL SEAT. HAD SCRATCHED HER ARMS BADLY ENOUGH WHERE THEY WERE BLEEDING. WHEN DIVERSION WAS ANNOUNCED; SHE TRIED TO FAKE HEART ATTACK AND WAS POPPING PILLS. MOST PAX DID NOT BELIEVE THE MECHANICAL TO BE READ (IT WAS). THOUGHT WE WERE LNDG DUE TO HER. BY THE WAY; SHE DID NOT NEED AISLE CHAIR -- COULD STAND AND WALK FINE.