It’s unclear how the stowaway managed to keep away from safety and make it onto the flight, however he was detained in Paris for not having a visa.
NEW YORK — Authorities are investigating after a Russian nationwide who didn’t have a ticket boarded a Paris-bound Delta flight at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport this week and was arrested when the airplane touched down.
Delta Flight 264 took off Tuesday night time from Kennedy and landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris the subsequent day with a stowaway who had in some way bypassed safety, authorities mentioned.
Police boarded the airplane on the Paris airport, in keeping with a video from a passenger that was shared on social media. “This is the captain. We’re simply ready for the police to return on board,” the pilot will be heard saying.
Daniel Velez, a spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration, mentioned “a person and not using a boarding move” was screened at Kennedy and was not carrying any prohibited gadgets.
“TSA takes any incidents that happen at any of our checkpoints nationwide significantly,” Velez mentioned. “TSA will independently assessment the circumstances of this incident at our journey doc checker station at JFK.”
A Delta spokesperson mentioned in an announcement, “Nothing is of better 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 legislation enforcement to that finish.”
The French National Police mentioned Friday, “A passenger of Russian nationality was smuggled onto a flight from NY (JFK) to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle.”
The passenger “was refused entry to France for lack of a legitimate journey doc (visa), and was positioned in a ready space for the time wanted to return her to the United States as she held a legitimate US residence allow,” the National Police mentioned in an announcement.
A spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Kennedy Airport, declined to remark.
