Stowaway found on New York to Paris flight
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A woman was found hiding on an airplane from New York to Paris. She flew as a stowaway – a person who gets onto a plane without paying. She secretly got onto the plane without airport staff seeing her. The woman had a Russian passport and was around 60 years old. She boarded the Delta Air Lines aircraft at JFK International Airport in New York. She managed to get past many security checks to board the plane. She had no boarding pass. Police say she hid in the plane's toilets throughout the seven-hour flight. She was discovered when a flight attendant noticed the woman was making frequent, long trips to different toilets on the airplane.
The woman is now being held by police in Paris. Airline officials tried to fly her back to New York on Saturday. However, she caused a disturbance while the plane was on the runway waiting to take off. A man who sat near her on the plane as it waited to depart from Paris spoke to CNN. He said the woman looked very worried. He said she kept repeating: "I do not want to go back to the USA. Only a judge can make me go back." Investigators are currently looking into how she got on the plane in New York. A Delta spokesperson said: "Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security." He said the airline would work hard to find out what happened.
Sources:
- https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/us/delta-stowaway-passenger-return-flight/index.html
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stowaway-who-flew-new-york-to-paris-creates-disturbance-return-flight-to-u-s/
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/11/28/delta-airlines-tsa-stowaway-nyc-paris-flight/76639097007/
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