A woman who snuck aboard a Delta flight from JFK Airport to Paris will remain there — for who knows how long — after causing a disturbance at the City of Light’s main airport Saturday, sources told the Daily News.
The 57-year-old woman, who possessed a Russian passport, will stay put in France and not return to the U.S. just yet after causing a ruckus at the Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airline refused to fly her and instead rescheduled her for another flight at a later date, a source said.
“She was causing such a scene that the airline refused to fly her,” a Port Authority source told the Daily News.
The rogue passenger was expected to be flown back to the U.S. Saturday evening after being taken into custody in Paris on Wednesday. According to authorities, she evaded multiple security checks at JFK and managed to board Delta Flight 264 to Paris Tuesday night.
First she somehow evaded a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, then slipped right through Delta’s checkpoint at the airline’s boarding gate.
“The individual bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded the aircraft,” a TSA spokesman said.
Once she is back in the U.S., the woman is due to face both state and federal charges. The charges are expected to include theft of services for taking a flight without paying.
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