A Russian national with U.S. residency, who flew from New York to Paris without a ticket, was arrested by French police and is set for return to the U.S. The woman reportedly hid in a plane's bathroom throughout the flight.
A stowaway who flew from New York to Paris this week will be denied entry to France and returned to the U.S., French officials said Friday.Police in France say they arrested a Russian national with U.S. residency who had boarded a Delta Air Lines flight without a ticket. The woman was being held in Paris until she could be returned to the U.S.The flight left John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Tuesday and arrived in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration says the agency screened the passenger who didn't have a pass and who wasn't carrying anything prohibited on a plane.RELATED STORY | Few delays to start Thanksgiving travel. Will the weather disrupt plans?“TSA takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously,” the spokesperson said. “TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checker station at JFK.
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