Jury convicts woman accused of sneaking onto a flight at JFK Airport
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — The woman accused of stowing away on a Delta Airlines flight from John F. Kennedy Airport to Paris was convicted by a jury, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Thursday.
According to the complaint filed in court, Dali allegedly snuck through a special lane for airline employees at JFK, masked by a large flight crew on the night of Nov. 26, just before 8:30 p.m.
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Prosecutors said Dali was later able to bypass employees at the airline gate because they were busy helping other passengers and did not stop the woman for a ticket.
On the flight, Delta employees realized Dali had boarded without their consent and contacted French authorities to detain her, according to the complaint.
Law enforcement officials said Dali admitted to flying as a stowaway and intentionally looked for opportunities to bypass TSA.
After returning to the U.S., Dali was arrested in Buffalo in December 2024, after allegedly cutting off her ankle monitor and taking a bus to the Canadian border, sources said. She was stopped and detained.
The guidelines for Dali's sentencing range from zero to six months in prison. Dali has already been in custody for over five months, according to officials. A sentencing date has not been set.
Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here.
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