New York – The woman is accused Sneak aboard a Delta Airlines flight from New York City to Paris last week He returned to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Wednesday.
The suspect, identified by two people familiar with the matter as Svetlana Dali, boarded a Delta flight back to New York from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. He is being escorted by French law enforcement and US Customs and Border Patrol agents. When the plane landed, he was greeted by the police.
A person familiar with the matter told CBS News that Dali, 57, will be arraigned Wednesday evening in New York on charges of violation of service charges and theft. As of now, there are no plans to charge him with a federal crime, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. The Transportation Security Administration says it has opened a civil case against him.
The Philadelphia resident initially managed to evade airport security and boarded a Paris-bound Delta flight on Nov. 26 without a boarding pass. The woman used a group of passengers to bypass an ID check at JFK before entering a TSA checkpoint, TSA officials said. She went through the body scanner, and during screening her bag was flagged for containing two bottles of water, which she discarded.
She was discovered as a stowaway while the plane was still in the air and was detained when she landed in Paris and refused entry to France.
Delta alleged a “deviation from standard operating procedures.”
“Delta would like to thank the French and US authorities for their assistance in this matter,” Delta Airlines said in a statement. “Our review confirms that Delta’s security infrastructure, as part of our safety management system framework, is sound and that deviations from standard procedures are the root cause of this incident. We are fully investigating this matter.” are addressing and will continue to work closely with our regulators, nothing is more important than safety and security for law enforcement and other relevant stakeholders.”
CBS News confirmed this. His return flight was disrupted on Saturday. When authorities initially tried to take him to the States. He was removed from the flight by French law enforcement, which caused a delay of more than two hours.
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