• Svetlana Dali was charged with being a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight to Paris.
• On Sunday, she removed her ankle monitor, an arrest warrant said.
• Several outlets reported she was arrested on a Greyhound bus headed to Canada.

The woman accused of being a stowaway on a transatlantic Delta Air Lines flight was arrested after trying to sneak out of the country again, law enforcement sources told several outlets.

After being charged earlier this month, Svetlana Dali was released but ordered to wear an ankle monitor, according to court documents seen by Business Insider.

On Sunday, she "removed her location monitoring bracelet and absconded," an arrest warrant said.

CNN first reported that Dali's roommate reported her missing after finding her ankle monitor on the floor. It added that Dali was taken into custody on Monday while on board a Greyhound bus headed to Canada.

An official told The New York Times that Dali had a ticket for the ride — unlike last month's Delta flight.

She appeared in court in Buffalo on Tuesday, and a hearing for violating the terms of her release is scheduled for Friday in Brooklyn.

The Delta incident

57-year-old Dali made headlines when she was charged earlier this month with being a stowaway on an aircraft.

The criminal complaint against her says she confirmed in an interview that she boarded a Delta flight to Paris without a boarding pass or passport.

It adds that Dali was first turned away from a security checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport as she couldn't show a boarding pass.

Five minutes later, she was successful as she entered via a special lane for airline employees after blending in with a group of flight crew members, the complaint says.

Dali is said to have then boarded Flight DL264. The complaint says Delta staff realized she was on board the plane before landing, and French authorities determined she didn't have a boarding pass or passport.

The incident occurred on November 26. The 2.7 million passengers that passed through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints that day was a record for a Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

In a statement previously shared with BI, Delta thanked French and US authorities for their assistance. The airline said a review found its security infrastructure was "sound" and the incident was caused by a "deviation from standard procedures."

"We are thoroughly addressing this matter and will continue to work closely with our regulators, law enforcement, and other relevant stakeholders," the statement added. "Nothing is of greater importance than safety and security."

• Svetlana Dali was charged with being a stowaway on an aircraft.
• A criminal complaint says she admitted to evading Delta and TSA staff to board the flight to Paris.
• She got through security in a lane for airline staff at JFK Airport, the complaint says.

A woman who boarded a transatlantic flight without a ticket or passport got through security in a special lane for airline staff, court documents say.

Svetlana Dali, 57, was charged with being a stowaway on an aircraft. She faces up to five years in prison if found guilty.

In a criminal complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and seen by Business Insider, an FBI special agent set out the evidence against her.

It says Dali admitted in an interview that she flew as a stowaway on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris.

The incident is said to have occurred on November 26. The 2.7 million passengers that passed through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints that day was a record for a Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

Thursday's complaint says Dali was first turned away from a checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 4 as she couldn't show a boarding pass.

She tried again five minutes later and was successful, "entering through a special lane for airline employees masked by a large Air Europa flight crew," it adds.

The complaint says that about 90 minutes after being screened by the TSA alongside ticketed passengers, Dali boarded Flight DL264 without presenting a boarding pass.

It adds that Delta agents didn't stop her or ask her to present a boarding pass while they helped other passengers board.

Before the flight landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Delta staff realized Dali was on board the plane, and she couldn't show them a boarding pass, the complaint says.

French authorities met Dali at the gate and detained her after determining she didn't have a boarding pass or passport, it adds.

Dali is said to have admitted in an interview with the FBI agent that she intentionally evaded TSA and Delta staff and confirmed she appeared in security video bypassing them.

The New York Times reported that Dali's lawyer, Michael Schneider, said in court that the charge she faced was "akin to theft of services or jumping a turnstile."

In a statement, Delta thanked French and US authorities for their assistance. The airline said a review found its security infrastructure was "sound" and the incident was caused by a "deviation from standard procedures."

"We are thoroughly addressing this matter and will continue to work closely with our regulators, law enforcement and other relevant stakeholders," the statement added. "Nothing is of greater importance than safety and security."

• A woman managed to sneak onto a Delta Air Lines flight to Paris last Tuesday.
• CNN reported, citing law enforcement officials, that she was to be sent back to the US on Saturday.
• But she was taken off that flight after causing a disturbance, the outlet added.

A woman who flew from the US to Paris without a ticket caused another disturbance on her way back, CNN reported.

She managed to sneak onto Delta Air Lines flight 264 last Tuesday and avoid being detected until the journey was nearly over.

A Transportation Security Administration representative told Business Insider last week that an individual without a boarding pass completed a security screening and then bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations.

JonNYC, a popular aviation insider on social media, reported she was believed to have been hiding in a restroom during takeoff.

Citing law enforcement sources, CNN reported the woman was supposed to be flown back to the US on Saturday but was removed from the flight before takeoff.

The woman had been kept in a waiting zone at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport because she did not meet the conditions for entering Europe, the outlet previously reported.

Gary Treichler, who sat across the aisle from the woman on Saturday's flight, told CNN, "She kept on saying 'I do not want to go back to the USA. Only a judge can make me go back to the USA."

"She also repeated the Geneva Convention a few times so to me that kind of showed that she was off," he added.

The stowaway is a woman between 55 and 60 years old and has a Russian passport, an airport official told CNN.

Her flight back to the US is yet to be rescheduled, the outlet reported.

"Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security," a Delta spokesperson said in a statement shared with BI after the initial flight.

"That's why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end."

• A stowaway sneaked onto a Delta flight from New York to Paris, evading detection.
• The individual bypassed security and identity checks, and may have been in a bathroom for takeoff.
• Delta said it was investigating the incident breach and collaborating with authorities.

A person managed to sneak onto a Delta Air Lines service to Paris and avoided being detected until the flight was nearly over.

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

It was first reported by JonNYC, a popular aviation insider on social media. A source told him the stowaway was believed to have been hiding in a restroom during takeoff.

A Transportation Security Administration representative told Business Insider that an individual without a boarding pass managed to complete a security screening.

The person also bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations before boarding the aircraft.

A video posted on Bluesky appears to contain audio of the captain telling passengers that police in Paris had asked them to keep everyone on board "until we sort out the extra passenger that's on the plane."

JonNYC also reported that flight attendants became suspicious when the person would move between bathrooms after staying in each for a period of time.

A passenger also told JonNYC that the stowaway "wasn't detected until we were almost" at Paris.

A Delta representative told BI: "Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security. That's why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively 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 boarding passes, but most are discovered before takeoff.

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

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