• A stowaway sneaked onto a Delta flight from New York to Paris undetected.
• The person bypassed security and identity checks and may have been in a restroom for departure.
• Delta said it was investigating the incident and working with authorities.

One person managed to sneak onto a Delta Air Lines flight to Paris and remained undetected until the flight was almost over.

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

This was first reported by JonNYC, a popular aviation insider on social media. A source told him The stowaway it was assumed that this was the case hid in a toilet during takeoff.

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

The individual also bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations before boarding the plane.

A video posted on Bluesky appears to contain audio recordings of the captain telling passengers that police in Paris had asked them to keep everyone on board “until we deal with the extra passenger on the plane.”

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JonNYC also reported that flight attendants became suspicious when the person moved between restrooms after a long stay.

A passenger also told JonNYC that the stowaway “was only discovered when we were almost to Paris.”

A Delta representative told BI: “Nothing is more important than security issues. “As a result, Delta is conducting a comprehensive investigation into what may have happened and will work with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end.” They declined to provide further details.

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

It’s far from the first example of people making it onto flights without a boarding pass, but most are discovered before departure.

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

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