Stowaway on Delta flight to Paris is brought back to the USA by Marshals

Stowaway on Delta flight to Paris is brought back to the USA by Marshals

A 57-year-old Russian woman who was smuggled as a passenger as a passenger without a ticket on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris, is to return to the United States on Tuesday, as a French airport officer confirmed to CNN.

about the incident

The woman successfully reached John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Paris .
According to the official, she will go to New York on board a flight, which lifts off at 2:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m.).

preparation for the return trip

statements by a witness

A passenger who was also on the flight reported that the woman was sitting opposite him and his family. "She repeatedly repeated: 'I don't want to return to the USA. Only a judge can force me to return to the USA,' said Gary Treichler.

accompaniment by US Marshals

As communicated by the authorities, the woman will be accompanied by six US Marshals on Tuesday.

examinations run

The US authorities continue to determine how the woman managed to get into the original Delta flight without a ticket. Representatives of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) prepare a procedure against Stowaway after checking the security videos of the Airport John F. Kennedy, the spokeswoman for the authority, Alexa Lopez, told CNN.

"The TSA will initiate civil law proceedings against passengers if there are evidence of possible violations of the security procedures," said Lopez. However, the TSA cannot file a criminal charge, but only forward them to the Ministry of Justice.

examination by Delta Airlines

Delta Airlines did not tell how it was possible for the woman to climb the plane after she had passed the TSA-Checkpoint. The airline said that it carried out a "thorough investigation of what has happened", but rejected another comment.

CNN journalists Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores and Alanna Orjoux contributed to this reporting.