She managed to thwart all controls at JFK airport in New York and was arrested after the plane landed.
Serious security breach at New York's JFK airport? This Tuesday, a stowaway passenger managed to board a Delta Airlines flight between the American city and Paris.
The woman managed to evade all controls at the airport, including those where travel and identity documents are checked, and at the boarding gate. Worse, she was indeed checked at a security point equipped with a scanner, reports ABC News.
Her luggage was also checked for prohibited items before she went to the gate and entered the plane without presenting a boarding pass or passport to Delta agents.
Investigation
Identified during the flight, she was arrested after the plane landed at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and placed in police custody.
“We are just waiting for the police to come on board… They asked us to keep everyone on the plane until they deal with the extra passenger,” the pilot explained to the passengers, once the plane on the runway.
Although the FBI and French police have opened an investigation to determine how this person managed to enter the plane, no details of his identity have been released. We just know that she wasn't carrying any prohibited items.
In a statement provided to CBS News, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson said it could “confirm that an individual without a boarding pass passed through airport security without any objects “The individual bypassed two identity and boarding status checkpoints and was able to board the aircraft.”
A Delta representative said the airline is “conducting a full investigation into what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to this end.”
Olivier Chicheportiche Journalist BFM Business
