Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris is back on U.S. soil
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A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Line flight from New York to Paris last week has returned stateside Wednesday.
A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Line flight from New York to Paris last week has returned stateside Wednesday.
The plane that left Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport landed shortly after 5 p.m. ET at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. Svetlana Dali, who French authorities identified as the woman who previously stowed away, appeared calm and compliant throughout the flight, according to a CNN producer who was on the plane.
Representatives from TSA and law enforcement both plan to question Dali when she deplanes. Aerials from CNN affiliate WABC show at least one car marked as police next to the gate outside.
Dali left Paris on Wednesday aboard a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly after 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET).
She was escorted onto the Delta Air Lines-operated plane by two French security officials. “Everything is going to plan,” said an airport official while the plane was still in the air.
She sat quietly in the back of the aircraft in the middle aisle. Occasionally she leaned her head against the seat in front of her, staring down at the floor or closed her eyes and listened to music.
She was flanked by security officials on both sides.
