A Delta Air Lines' stowaway on a flight to Paris will be flown to the United States to face charges after being denied entry in France. Back to the US On Tuesday, a 57-year-old Russian citizen and American resident boarded a flight at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) without a boarding pass.
The woman also managed to sneak past the boarding pass and identification verification at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint. Passengers recounted that the stowaway was not discovered until the end of the flight. The Thanksgiving travel period is one of the busiest in the US, with Wednesday expected to have been the busiest day of air travel in 2024.
It goes without saying that JFK was packed on Tuesday, but the fact that someone managed to sneak through security and also airline personnel to get on a plane is alarming. Flight attendants were notified at some point during the flight that there was a passenger going between lavatories. Three of them have never been served by the carrier before.
One of the passengers onboard, Rob Jackson, said that as the plane was descending, he noticed the flight attendants were acting strange. He recounts overhearing the crew say that there was a passenger onboard without a seat. After landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, the captain made an announcement that all passengers should remain seated as the police were going to board the plane and handle a situation.
The stowaway had reportedly requested a.