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The first images of the JFK stowaway were revealed as a Russian woman who secretly sneaked onto the Paris flight returned to New York

The first images of the JFK stowaway were revealed as a Russian woman who secretly sneaked onto the Paris flight returned to New York

She’s back to square one.

The Russian woman who snuck onto a Delta Airlines flight to Paris from New York’s JFK International Airport last week will be flown back to the Big Apple with a French escort on Wednesday – the first images of the cunning stowaway have emerged.

She is expected to be handcuffed upon landing.

Authorities said a stowaway, identified by sources as Svetlana Dali, 57, is scheduled to fly back to New York from Paris this week and is expected to face criminal charges. Gary Treichler on Storyful
Officials have tried twice to fly a stowaway from New York back to the Big Apple, but to no avail. Gary Treichler on Storyful

The woman, identified by sources as 57-year-old Svetlana Dali, allegedly broke through multiple layers of security at Queens Airport on November 26 to board Delta Flight 264 to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris – but was caught before landing a flight attendant as she hid in the bathroom.

In the first published images obtained by ABC-TV Eyewitness News, she is seen boarding the plane wearing a pink knit hat and mask.

Dali was detained by French authorities after arriving in the City of Light without proper documentation.

An attempt to fly her back on Saturday failed when officials said she was thrown off course by a disruptive outburst on board the plane and thrown from the flight.

A stowaway who sneaked onto a Delta Airlines flight at JFK Airport last week has been held in France ever since. robjacksonnyc/Instagram

A second attempt to get her back to New York also failed on Tuesday when the airline refused to let the problem passenger fly, CNN reported.

Dali is now scheduled to board a flight from Paris on Wednesday afternoon that is scheduled to land at JFK Airport shortly after 4 p.m., accompanied by two security officers, the outlet said.

Meanwhile, sources said she is likely to face theft of service and other charges over the airport escapades as multiple investigations are underway to find out how she evaded security.

“There were several errors,” a law enforcement source said. “This was a serious breach of security.”

Authorities said Dali was a legal resident of the United States but held a Russian passport.

Delta Airlines officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Additional reporting by Anna Young

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