The individual, who did not have a boarding pass, completed security screening and bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations to board the aircraft, according to a TSA spokesperson.
A stowaway flew aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris Tuesday evening amid the Thanksgiving travel surge, authorities said. The stowaway was on Delta flight 264 from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airline confirmed to CNN.
“The first announcement to passengers that there was a problem was when we parked at the gate and they instructed us all to remain seated because French police were going to board the aircraft to deal with ‘a serious security issue,’” he said. In a video recorded by Jackson, the captain can be heard saying, “Folks, this is the captain, we are just waiting for the police to come on board.
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