A stowaway who snuck onto a Delta Airlines flight from New York to Paris and hid in the bathrooms was reportedly removed from the return flight on Saturday, November 30, after causing a disturbance.
According to CBS and CNN, the woman was scheduled to fly from Charles de Gaulle Airport in France to John F. Kennedy International Airport in NYC on Delta flight no. 265 when French officials removed her before takeoff.
The stowaway was allegedly disruptive after authorities escorted him to the plane. Because of the harassment of the woman, the flight was delayed for more than two hours, and she was later removed from the flight by the police.
Charles de Gaulle Airport in France (photo).
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The woman’s flight back to the United States has not yet been delayed and she is now in French custody, according to CBS and CNN.
French officials have not yet released the woman’s identity, but CNN reports that she has a driver’s license from Philadelphia and is in the US with a green card. She is also allegedly of Russian origin, CNN has learned from the French Ministry of the Interior.
Before attempting to return to the US, she was held in the airport waiting area because she did not meet the requirements to enter Europe.
The TSA and Delta Airlines declined to provide additional information to PEOPLE.
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Delta aircraft (photo).
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PEOPLE previously reported that a woman snuck onto a nearly full Delta Flight 264 from NYC to Paris on Nov. 26 during the mid-Thanksgiving travel rush. She managed to get through airport security and boarded the plane without a boarding pass.
A flight attendant discovered the stowaway while the flight was in the air after becoming suspicious of her frequent, long visits to the plane’s bathrooms.
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A TSA spokesperson told PEOPLE at the time that the woman “bypassed two identity and boarding status checks and boarded the aircraft.”
On Nov. 28, a Delta spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement that “nothing is more important than safety and security.”
“That’s why Delta is conducting a comprehensive investigation into what may have happened and will work with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end,” the statement concluded.
The airline added that it would “decline further comment at this time given the ongoing investigations”.
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