Delta stowaway is seen in new video begging flight attendants not to ‘send her back to America’ from Paris – as it’s revealed she’s Russian
The woman who allegedly sneaked onto a Delta Airlines flight from New York to France was seen in surprising new footage pleading with flight attendants not to “send her back to America.”
French officials announced this this week ABC News that the woman, named Svetlana Dali, is a Russian national and legally resident in the US.
In a shocking security breach at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on November 30, Dali reportedly walked through security checkpoints and past the gate to secretly board the flight to Paris, despite having no valid travel documents.
Passengers filmed the stowaway after she was caught by flight attendants, as Dali became ‘belligerent’ and shouted at staff who tried to question her.
‘Please help me!’ she said in the video. “I don’t want to go to the United States.”
Officials said she was detained in France and placed back on a flight to the US days later, but new footage also showed her being combative with airline staff and shouting that she needed ‘asylum from the United States’ .
Delta and TSA said they have launched an investigation to determine how Dali allegedly sneaked past security checkpoints.
‘Nothing is more important than things like safety and security. “As a result, Delta is conducting a comprehensive investigation into what may have occurred and will work with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to do so,” Delta said in a statement.
The woman who allegedly sneaked onto a Delta Airlines flight from New York to France last week, named Svetlana Dali, was seen in surprising new footage as flight attendants begged not to “send her back to America.”
In a shocking security breach at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on November 30, Dali allegedly walked through security checkpoints and past the Delta gate to sneak onto the flight to Paris, despite having no valid travel documents.
The TSA said Dali was originally checked at JFK Airport and was not carrying any prohibited items, but was found to be “without a boarding pass.”
It is not explained how Dali was allowed through security checkpoints, where passengers’ boarding passes are scanned.
“TSA takes seriously all incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints across the country,” TSA spokesman Daniel Velez said.
“TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checkpoint at JFK.”