Woman who sneaked onto Paris flight bypassed checkpoints by jumping into different security lines, TSA says

Paris CNN — A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week was able to sneak through the security checkpoint by starting off in a lane reserved for airline flight crews, according to the Transportation Security Administration. A TSA spokesperson tells CNN the 57-year-old woman first bypassed an airport terminal employee in charge of the line for the Known Crewmember checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s terminal 4 main checkpoint. The new information on how the woman got past security comes after Delta Air Lines refused to allow her to fly back to New York Tuesday, delaying her return flight until Wednesday, a Paris airport official told CNN. She is now scheduled to fly back to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport escorted by two French security officials on a Delta flight Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. local time, according to the official. Inspectors from the TSA are preparing a civil case against the stowaway after reviewing airport security video from inside John F. Kennedy International Airport, agency spokesperson Alexa Lopez told CNN.