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Accused Delta stowaway had prior airport security breaches, feds say

  • Svetlana Dali, aged 57, stowed away by hiding in a lavatory aboard Delta flight 264 from New York to Paris on November 26, 2024.
  • Earlier in 2024 and two days before the flight, Dali bypassed security checkpoints at Bradley International Airport and JFK Airport without boarding passes or authorization.
  • During the flight, Dali pretended to be sick to stay in the bathroom for hours until crew noticed and confined her before French authorities arrested her upon landing.
  • Prosecutors said there is no record of Dali boarding a flight from Bradley or leaving the U.S. In five years, and they seek to introduce evidence of her repeated security evasions.
  • Dali pleaded not guilty to federal stowaway charges and was later apprehended trying to cross into Canada after refusing to return to the U.S. Post-arrest.
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Accused Delta stowaway had prior airport security breaches, feds say

Niagara County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — When Svetlana Dali snuck onto a Delta flight from New York to Paris in November it was not the first time she had successfully evaded airport security measures, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in a new court filing. Two days before Dali, 57, went through security at JFK Airport and walked onto the Delta plane without a boarding pass she accessed a secure area of the departures terminal at Bradley I…

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