A Russian national and legal resident of the United States was taken into FBI custody today at JFK International Airport after stowing away on a Delta flight bound for Paris last month, according to the FBI.
Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded Delta Air Lines Flight 264 to Paris without a boarding pass and managed to avoid a TSA screening point on November 26, without having valid travel documents required to enter France. It became national news.
“TSA can verify that an individual without a boarding pass completes security screening (including carry-on and baggage) without any prohibited items. evaded identity and boarding status checks and boarded the aircraft,” the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said. a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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A Russian national and legal resident of the United States was taken into FBI custody today at JFK International Airport, according to the FBI. (Fox News Digital)
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Dali was discovered after flight attendants noticed her occupying the plane's bathroom for an unusually long time.
The incident is under investigation by federal authorities.
Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded Delta Air Lines Flight 264 to Paris without a boarding pass on Tuesday, without a valid travel document to enter France, and managed to avoid TSA checkpoints and fly across the country. It became news. (Photo by Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio, via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York for additional information.
“Nothing is more important than the issue of safety and security,” Delta Air Lines told FOX News Digital. “As a result, Delta is conducting a thorough investigation into what happened and will continue to work collaboratively with other airline stakeholders and law enforcement agencies to do so.”
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Fox News Digital's Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
