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Delta Air Lines is not going to fly the Russian lady who stowed away on a flight to Paris final week again to New York, a Paris airport official advised CNN.
She was on account of depart France on a flight at 2:30 p.m. native time (8:30 a.m. ET) Tuesday, a Paris airport official advised CNN.
The lady was onboard the airplane when Delta refused to fly her, in keeping with the official. “We are going to attempt to ship her again once more with a French escort,” the official mentioned.
CNN has reached out to Delta Air Lines for remark.
The 57-year-old lady bought previous a number of safety checkpoints at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and boarded a airplane to Paris final week.
She was scheduled to be on a flight to the US on Saturday afternoon however French authorities eliminated her from the plane after she began screaming, in keeping with an official.
A person who was on the airplane advised CNN that the lady was sitting throughout the aisle from him and his household.
“She saved on saying ‘I don’t wish to return to the USA. Only a decide could make me return to the USA,’” Gary Treichler mentioned.
The lady was anticipated to be accompanied by six US marshals on Tuesday’s flight again to New York, authorities mentioned.
Authorities within the US are persevering with to analyze how the lady sneaked onto the preliminary Delta flight with no ticket.
Inspectors from the Transportation Security Administration are getting ready a civil case in opposition to the stowaway after reviewing airport safety video from inside John F. Kennedy International Airport, company spokesperson Alexa Lopez advised CNN.
“The TSA will open civil circumstances in opposition to passengers when there’s proof that procedures might have been violated,” Lopez mentioned. The TSA can not carry prison expenses, although it may refer them to the Justice Department.
Delta has not mentioned how the lady was capable of board the airplane as soon as she made it previous the TSA checkpoint.
The airline mentioned it “is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what might have occurred,” however declined additional remark.
