Unhinged Russian stowaway who slipped past JFK gate security faces jail time after guilty verdict
Svetlana Dali, 57, who was spotted navigating past multiple security checkpoints before boarding the Delta jet on Nov. 26, 2024, was convicted on Thursday of being a stowaway on an aircraft, an indictment from the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York shows.
She faces up to six months in prison, although no sentencing date has yet been set by the judge.
4 Dali is stopped by a TSA agent for a pat-down after passing through the body scanner.
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4 Svetlana Dali leaves Brooklyn federal court on Dec. 6, 2024.
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4 Svetlana Dali is questioned after becoming disruptive onboard a return flight from Paris to New York on Nov. 30, 2024.
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4 A federal grand jury indicted her in January for one count of stowaway on an aircraft.
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Dali has been in custody for more than five months since sneaking onto the France-bound jet at the Queens airport.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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