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Stowaway discovered on board flight from New York to Paris

Amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, a stowaway was discovered Tuesday night on board a Delta Air Lines flight out of JFK Airport in New York City headed to Paris.

Authorities said the stowaway was discovered on board Delta Flight 264 from JFK to Paris and removed after the plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The person who boarded the flight bypassed the document check podium and a gate agent, but was fully screened at a security checkpoint at JFK, a TSA spokesperson told ABC News. That means they weren't carrying any prohibited items and did not pose a security risk, TSA said.

The FBI is aware of the incident.

No other details about the person who boarded the flight have been made public.

A representative for Delta said the airline is "conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end."

A video taken by another passenger on board the flight shows the flight attendants walking down the aisle as the pilot's voice on the intercom says, "We are just waiting for the police to come on board … They directed us to keep everyone on the plane until they sort out the extra passenger."

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by Anonymousreply 12December 1, 2024 5:38 AM

How does one get past TSA without showing a boarding pass?

by Anonymousreply 1November 28, 2024 5:31 PM

Heads are gonna roll, R1.

by Anonymousreply 2November 28, 2024 5:37 PM

R1 I don’t show a boarding pass—there’s a biometric lane in T4 that does not require you to show any id or pass.

by Anonymousreply 3November 28, 2024 5:45 PM

r3 That biometric scan is tied to your ID, which is now connected to a boarding pass. You should not get past without a ticketed flight.

by Anonymousreply 4November 28, 2024 5:59 PM

Ada Quonsett back at it?

by Anonymousreply 5November 28, 2024 6:13 PM

I could easily see someone getting past —that lane crosses into a longer Precheck lane…it’s always scrambled. Distractions happen.

Or she had a boarding pass for a different flight used at security.

by Anonymousreply 6November 28, 2024 6:20 PM

Amateur

by Anonymousreply 7November 28, 2024 6:30 PM

I bet this was the same guy who posted here last week saying he was going to Paris but was only going to stay at an airport hotel.

by Anonymousreply 8November 28, 2024 7:06 PM

Delta has more people at the gate than other carriers but they often seem totally inept, lie this is the first time they've boarded people on a plane.

Was the stowaway a cute little old lady who looked like Helen hayes?

by Anonymousreply 9November 28, 2024 8:20 PM

Anyone have a photo of the perp?

by Anonymousreply 10November 29, 2024 4:18 AM

Investigation continues into how woman bypassed security to get on Delta flight at JFK

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by Anonymousreply 11November 29, 2024 10:20 AM

[quote] Stowaway who flew from New York to Paris causes disturbance on return flight, remains in France

A woman who flew as a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week remains in France after causing a disturbance on a flight scheduled to take her back to the United States Saturday, according to two law enforcement sources.

The woman was removed from the would-be return flight before takeoff in Paris, the officials told CNN.

Her flight back to the US has yet to be rescheduled, the sources said.

The woman had been in a waiting zone at Charles de Gaulle Airport - known as ZAPI - for people awaiting deportation, as she does not meet the conditions for entering Europe, CNN previously reported.

Investigators are trying to determine how the woman got past multiple security checkpoints at New York’s JFK International Airport and boarded a plane to Paris, apparently hiding in the aircraft’s bathrooms during the flight.

The stowaway didn’t have a boarding pass but completed a security screening and bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations to board a Delta Air Lines aircraft, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

The Tuesday incident happened on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Nearly 2.7 million passengers traveled on airplanes that day, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, according to TSA data.

The stowaway was not carrying any prohibited items, according to a TSA spokesperson.

Delta said it is working with law enforcement and conducting an investigation of its own.

“Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement. “That’s why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end.”

CNN has reached out to the FBI and Customs and Border Protection for more information.

The stowaway is a woman between 55 and 60 years old and has a Russian passport, according to an airport official in Paris.

When the woman is sent back to the US, the TSA could issue a civil penalty and New York authorities could arrest her, although they are not currently involved, a federal official familiar with the investigation told CNN. The TSA is conducting its own investigation of the incident, the official noted.

New York City real estate broker Rob Jackson was on the Delta flight when the stowaway was discovered and told CNN that passengers were told to stay seated after landing so police could board the plane.

“I didn’t actually see the person in question. Apparently, she hid in a lavatory all the way at the rear of the aircraft when we departed JFK,” Jackson said. “The first announcement to passengers that there was a problem was when we parked at the gate and they instructed us all to remain seated because French police were going to board the aircraft to deal with ‘a serious security issue.’”

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by Anonymousreply 12December 1, 2024 5:38 AM
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