New York, United States:

A woman accused of evading airport identity and ticket checks and sneaking onto a flight from New York to Paris was charged Thursday with being a stowaway.

Svetlana Dali, a Russian with US residency, is alleged to have bypassed a checkpoint at New York’s JFK airport, before sneaking aboard a Delta Airlines flight to the French capital on November 26.

She was initially turned away at an airport security checkpoint when she could not produce a boarding pass, so instead passed through a screening channel for air crew by mingling with Air Europa flight staff, the federal criminal complaint reads.

The Transportation Security Administration, responsible for US airline safety, said the woman was subject to physical screening even after her documents were overlooked.

It is unclear why Dali, 57, sought to sneak aboard the Delta flight to Paris, with the crime of being a stowaway carrying a prison sentence of up to five years. She could also be stripped of her US residency.

Dali was challenged by flight attendants midflight when it was revealed she did not have a boarding pass, and detained on arrival in Paris.

Delta said the incident was a “deviation from standard procedures,” with reports claiming Dali had moved between aircraft lavatories so crew members would not realize she did not have an assigned seat.

Dali was flown back to the United States Wednesday after two failed attempts to return her, with the woman thwarting the first attempt Saturday by screaming, while the airline refused to transport her Tuesday.

“Dali admitted to flying as a stowaway… She also stated that she knew her conduct was illegal,” said the FBI complaint.

A federal judge issued a temporary order of detention until Friday afternoon to give Dali time to come up with bail and a verifiable residence, prosecutors said.

Dali did not enter a plea, they added.

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Shocking images and videos have captured the moment a JetBlue plane tipped back onto its tail Sunday night at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. Notably, the incident occurred when JetBlue Flight 662 had just landed from Barbados around 8:30 p.m. local time and passengers were in the process of disembarking, New York Post reported. 

Visuals going viral on social media showed the front wheels of the plane, which had just arrived from Barbados, rising into the air.  While the front of the plane lifted up, the tail stayed on the ground.

See the images here:

Images show JetBlue plane tipping backward at JFK Airport gate after “shift in weight and balance” pic.twitter.com/CaOryopewx

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Here’s the video:

2015 built Jetblue Airbus A321-231 aircraft (N959JB) tipped on its tail while parked at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on 22 October. The aircraft had arrived from Bridgetown (BGI) via flight B6662.

Last flight : https://t.co/3ID8MnZaPO#aircraft#airport#aviationpic.twitter.com/PlLZLlkgK6

— FL360aero (@fl360aero) October 23, 2023

JetBlue plane at JFK last night pic.twitter.com/ePq3OtTUN3

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”It felt like the plane was about to do a backflip. Everybody kind of screamed and was grabbing for seats. Anybody who was standing was grabbing for seats,” passenger Sinead Bovell told CBS News. According to Bovell, the plane and jet bridge were damaged. 

”On Sunday, October 22, JetBlue flight 662 landed as scheduled at New York’s JFK Airport from Bridgetown, Barbados. Once at the gate, due to a shift in weight and balance during deplaning, the tail of the aircraft tipped backward causing the nose of the aircraft to lift up and eventually return back down,”  JetBlue spokesman Derek Dombrowski told PEOPLE in a statement

”No injuries were reported. Safety is JetBlue’s first priority; we are reviewing this incident, and the aircraft has been taken out of service for inspection,” the statement continued. 

Ed Libassi, the CEO of A&P Aircraft Maintenance, Inc. explained what he thinks might have caused the plane to tilt.

”Now the situation that JetBlue had yesterday, I’ve seen it in my 51-year career — too much baggage was left in the air cargo compartment. Maybe all of the people had gotten off already, or maybe everything up front was taken off quickly — everything from baggage to fuel in the wings while they flew from Barbados,” Mr Libassi said.