Jury Convicts New York-Paris Flight Stowaway Who Slipped Past Gate Agents
- A federal jury found Svetlana Dali, a Russian national living in the United States, guilty of unlawfully boarding a New York to Paris flight last year without a valid ticket at JFK Airport.
- Dali bypassed TSA and airline staff by blending with ticketed passengers, evading security measures at JFK and other airports prior to the Paris flight.
- She boarded the flight by accessing an employee security lane, hid in the bathroom for hours, and was discovered near Paris, where authorities detained her before customs processing.
- Dali acknowledged boarding the plane without purchasing a ticket and deliberately bypassing security to evade payment. She has been detained for over five months and faces a potential prison sentence of up to six months.
- In February 2024, U.S. Agents found Dali hiding at Miami Airport, but could not confirm her story about legal arrival, while court documents suggest she may have entered the U.S. Illegally.
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57-year-old stowaway who flew from New York to Paris found guilty
A jury on Thursday convicted a woman who sneaked onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass by slipping past security and airline gate agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport last year.
Woman found guilty of stowing away on Delta flight from New York to Paris
Niagara County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A federal jury has convicted Svetlana Dali of stowing away on a Delta flight to Paris last November after passing through security in a lane reserved for crewmembers and bypassing gate agents by blending in with boarding passengers. Dali had been charged with a federal stowaway count for boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26, 2024, an…
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