Amidst the rush of Thanksgiving travel, a cutie was spotted Tuesday night on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Paris.
Authorities said the stowaway was found on Delta Flight 264 from JFK to Paris and removed after the plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The person who boarded the flight passed the document check podium and a gate agent, but was fully screened at a security checkpoint at JFK, a TSA spokesperson told ABC News. That means they weren’t carrying prohibited items and didn’t pose a security risk, the TSA said.
Delta jets sit on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on January 31, 2020 in New York.
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It is not clear how the person got around the document verification podium.
The FBI is aware of the incident.
No other details about the person who boarded the flight have been released.
A Delta representative said the airline is “conducting a detailed investigation into what may have occurred and will be cooperating with other stakeholders in aviation and law enforcement to do so.”
A video taken by another passenger on the plane shows the flight attendants walking down the aisle as the pilot’s voice says on the intercom: “We’re waiting for the police to come on board … until we were told to keep everyone on the plane. They distribute the extra passenger.”
