Someone managed to sneak onto a Delta flight to Paris without a boarding pass

• A stowaway sneaked onto a Delta flight from New York to Paris and avoided detection.

• The individual bypassed security and identity checks and may have been in a bathroom for takeoff.

• Delta said it was investigating the incident and cooperating with authorities.

One person managed to sneak up on one Delta Air Lines service to Paris and avoided detection until the flight was almost over.

The incident happened on DL264 from New York’s JFK Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle on Tuesday.

It was first reported by JonNYC, a popular aviation insider on social media. A source told him the stowaway believed to have been hiding in a toilet during takeoff.

A Transportation Security Administration representative told Business Insider that a person without a boarding pass was able to pass a security screening.

The person also bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations before boarding the flight.

ONE video posted on Bluesky appears to include audio of the captain telling passengers that police in Paris had asked them to keep everyone on board “until we sort out the extra passenger who is on the plane.”

JonNYC also reported that the flight attendants became suspicious when the person would move between bathrooms after staying in each for a period of time.

A passenger also told JonNYC that the stowaway “wasn’t spotted until we were almost” at Paris.

A Delta representative told BI: “Nothing is more important than matters of safety and security. That’s why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation into what may have happened and will work with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement with for this purpose.” They declined to provide further details.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

This is far from the first example of people getting on a plane without a boarding pass, but most are discovered before take-off.

In March, a man was arrested after boarding a Delta flight in Salt Lake City after using one photo of another passenger’s boarding passprosecutors said.

In August, a man boarded two flights in two days without a ticket at Munich airport. After being caught before takeoff the first time, he managed to fly to Sweden.

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