new york – The woman alleged Quietly sneaked onto a Delta Air Lines flight from New York City to Paris last week On Wednesday, John F. of New York City Returned to Kennedy International Airport.
Two people familiar with the case identified the suspect as Svetlana Dali, who boarded a Delta flight from Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport to return to New York. He is being protected by French law enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents. The plane was welcomed by the police when it landed.
Dali, 57, is expected to be arrested in New York on Wednesday evening on charges of trespassing and theft of services, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. A person familiar with the case told CBS News that as of now, there are no plans to charge him with a federal crime. The Transportation Security Administration says it has opened a civil case against him.
The Philadelphia resident initially managed to dodge airport security and board a Delta flight to Paris on Nov. 26 without a boarding pass. TSA officials said the woman used a group of passengers to bypass ID checks at JFK before entering the TSA checkpoint. She went through a body scanner and during the screening she was discovered to have two water bottles in her bag, which she discarded.
She was discovered as a stowaway while the plane was still in the air and when she landed in Paris she was detained and refused entry to France.
Delta blamed “deviation from standard procedures”
“Delta would like to thank the French and US authorities for their assistance in this matter,” Delta Air Lines said in a statement. “Our review confirms that Delta's security infrastructure as part of our security management system framework is strong and that deviation from standard procedures was the root cause of this incident. We are fully addressing this matter “And we will continue to work closely with our regulators.” “Nothing is more important than security for law enforcement and other relevant stakeholders.”
CBS News confirmed it His return flight was disrupted on Saturday When authorities initially attempted to take him to the States. He was removed from that flight by French law enforcement, which was delayed for more than two hours.
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