Amid the Thanksgiving journey rush, a stowaway was found Tuesday night time on board a Delta Air Traces flight out of JFK Airport in New York Metropolis headed to Paris.
Authorities stated the stowaway was found on board Delta Flight 264 from JFK to Paris and eliminated after the aircraft landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The one who boarded the flight bypassed the doc examine podium and a gate agent, however was totally screened at a safety checkpoint at JFK, a TSA spokesperson advised ABC Information. Which means they weren’t carrying any prohibited objects and didn’t pose a safety danger, TSA stated.
Delta airplanes sit on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Jan. 31, 2020, in New York.
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It is unclear how the particular person received across the doc examine podium.
The FBI is conscious of the incident.
No different particulars about the one who boarded the flight have been made public.
A consultant for Delta stated the airline is “conducting an exhaustive investigation of what could have occurred and can work collaboratively with different aviation stakeholders and regulation enforcement to that finish.”
A video taken by one other passenger on board the flight exhibits the flight attendants strolling down the aisle because the pilot’s voice on the intercom says, “We’re simply ready for the police to come back on board … They directed us to maintain everybody on the aircraft till they type out the additional passenger.”
