Aviation experts are trying to determine how a stowaway arrived in Paris on a flight that left New York last week.
Svetlana Daly, a 57-year-old Russian national, snuck onto a Delta Air Lines plane at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport without a boarding pass on November 26, headed to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and apparently hid herself behind it. Spending long periods of time in multiple bathrooms on the plane.
Police boarded the plane at Paris airport upon landing, according to a video taken by a passenger Shared on social media. “This is the captain. We are just waiting for the police to come on board.”
French National Police said in a statement last week that Daly was arrested when authorities discovered that she did not have a valid visa to enter the country.
On Wednesday, December 4, she was extradited to the United States and arrested by the FBI. Charges against her have not yet been announced, and she is scheduled to appear in Brooklyn federal court Thursday afternoon.
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Two previous attempts to deport Daly were unsuccessful. ABC7 News in New York reported “He started screaming” After boarding a plane on November 30. Fox News reported that a similar scene occurred on December 3, and she was removed from that flight as well, after it had begun shouting“Please help me. I don’t want to go to the United States.”
How did you get on the plane?
Last week, it emerged that Daly was able to pass a body scanner equipped with advanced imaging technology at JFK Airport, avoiding document and ID checks during the security process.
A TSA spokesperson told CBS News in a statement, “The individual who did not have a boarding pass was… She was physically examined Without any banned substances. This person passed two identity and boarding status checks and boarded the plane.
However, Delta has remained completely silent, telling USA Today in a statement that the hack occurred during “Deviation from standard procedures“, without providing further details. They also insisted that their infrastructure is “sound” after the security review.
“Nothing is more important than safety and security issues,” Delta continued. “That is why Delta is conducting a thorough investigation into what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end.”
A senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN that Daly was at the gate She put herself In the middle of what appears to be a family traveling together.
How did she disappear?
Daly was, one passenger said Moving between the plane’s bathrooms During the long flight, trying to elude the flight attendants.
“I heard the flight attendants talking about it with the pilots,” Rob Jackson, a real estate broker in New York City, told CNN. “They said this person was in one restroom and then would come out and walk to another restroom and be in there for a long time.”
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