A stowaway woman sneaked through multiple security checkpoints at New York's JFK International Airport and boarded a Delta flight bound for Paris without a boarding pass or identification.
The fliers took advantage of Tuesday's holiday chaos to bypass two identification sections at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint line, the agency confirmed.
Passengers must present identification at these checkpoints before proceeding to the gate.
“TSA can verify that individuals without a boarding pass complete security screening (including passenger and baggage) without prohibited items,” a TSA spokesperson told the Post. Ta.
“The individual bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded the aircraft.”
The unidentified stowaway was eventually found in the bathroom by flight attendants toward the end of the more than seven-hour flight, passengers said.
A first class passenger on the flight documented the incident on Instagram, explaining that flight attendants became suspicious as the stowaway was walking from toilet to toilet.
“Sooo…we landed in Paris and the flight attendant told us we had to sit down until the French border police boarded the plane,” a passenger wrote on Instagram.
“We somehow flew all the way from New York to Paris with a stowaway. This woman somehow boarded the plane, hid in the bathroom during takeoff, and wasn't discovered until just before landing.”
Federal authorities launched an investigation after the plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France.
“Nothing is more important than the issue of safety and security,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement.
“As a result, Delta is conducting a thorough investigation into what happened and will continue to work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement agencies to do so.”
It is unclear whether the passenger was arrested.
