A stowaway bypassed screening measures earlier than being found on a flight from New York to Paris amid the Thanksgiving journey rush, authorities stated Wednesday.
The unidentified girl was on Delta flight 264 from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport in New York to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Tuesday.
The girl — who bought on the flight with out a ticket — bypassed two “identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded the aircraft,” a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Administration stated in a press release.
She accomplished a full safety screening earlier than boarding, the spokesperson stated, which means she didn’t have any prohibited objects in tow and didn’t pose a safety menace.
It isn’t clear how the lady bypassed ticketing stations to board the plane, however authorities stated that with a view to be at a departure gate, an individual should have cleared the safety checkpoint.
The flight took off from JFK at 10:37 p.m. ET and landed in Paris at 12:00 p.m. CET, in response to flight monitoring web site FlightAware.
“Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security,” Delta Airways stated in a press release. “That’s why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end.”
No different particulars got concerning the girl.
