Plane stowaway makes it from New York to Paris

You know those multiple checks you go through every time you take an international flight?

It turns out they are not so effective.

The US Transportation Security Administration is conducting a "far ranging" investigation after a stowaway without a ticket was able to avoid multiple checkpoints this week and flew from New York to Paris undetected, news portal Travel Mole reports.

The middle-aged woman went through a security checkpoint without a boarding pass at New York's JFK Airport and then was undetected at two further ticket checks before boarding a Paris-bound Delta flight.

The woman apparently spent the duration of the hours-long 100% full flight moving from bathroom to bathroom undetected.

It happened during a busy day for travel just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

An "exhaustive investigation" is underway.

Delta Air Lines is cooperating with law enforcement and has opened its own investigation, the airline said.

“Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security,” a Delta spokesperson said.

The stowaway hasn’t been named but media reports said she was US green card holder with a Russian passport.

On landing in Paris, passengers were requested to stay seated while French police boarded the flight and the woman was taken away. She is expected to be returned to the US. 

Good job she wasn't a terrorist.