A stowaway accused of sneaking aboard a Delta flight from JFK Airport to Paris is predicted to return to the U.S. Saturday after failing to obtain asylum within the City of Light, officers stated Friday.
The unidentified girl, who’s between 55 and 60, is predicted to return to JFK in Queens on Saturday night, Port Authority sources stated.
Once she is again within the U.S., the girl faces each state and federal expenses. The expenses are anticipated to incorporate theft of companies for taking a flight with out paying, the supply stated.
On Tuesday night time, throughout one of many heaviest journey days of the yr, the girl managed to get onto Delta Flight 264 heading to Charles de Gaulle Airport.
“The particular person bypassed two identification verification and boarding standing stations and boarded the plane,” a Transportation Security Administration spokesman stated.
The flight wasn’t full, so the unregistered passenger prevented detection by spending the flight between an empty seat and the airplane’s rear toilets, officers stated.
But midway by way of the journey, a flight attendant questioned why the girl was spending a lot time within the toilet and rapidly realized she had by no means purchased a ticket.
The girl was taken into custody when the airplane landed in France Wednesday. The captain introduced that passengers needed to stay of their seats so police might come and take the illicit flier into custody, passenger Rob Jackson instructed CNN.
“I overheard the flight attendants speaking about it with the pilots,” he recalled. “They stated this particular person was in a single toilet after which would exit and stroll to a unique toilet and go in there for a very long time.”
Once below arrest in Paris, the girl requested for asylum, which was denied Thursday. The girl, who has a Russian passport, had requested asylum in France a couple of years earlier however was denied, Paris officers instructed CNN.
As the girl is introduced again to the U.S., the “TSA will independently evaluate the circumstances of this incident at our journey doc checker station at JFK,” an company spokesman stated.
The girl was bodily screened earlier than the flight and boarded with none prohibited objects, the TSA stated.
Passengers at JFK Airport sometimes cross by way of a minimum of two boarding cross checks: one on the TSA screening checkpoint earlier than coming into the boarding space and one other on the gate, which is carried out by the airline.
In an announcement, Delta stated: “Nothing is of higher significance than issues of security and safety. That’s why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what might have occurred and can work collaboratively with different aviation stakeholders and regulation enforcement to that finish.”
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