Svetlana Dali accused of stowaway flight from Newark Airport to Milan

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A Russian citizen beforehand convicted of stowing away has allegedly completed it once more — this time sneaking onto a flight from Newark Liberty International Airport with no ticket, in keeping with experiences.

Svetlana Dali is accused of bypassing safety in Newark and boarding the flight to Milan on Wednesday, in keeping with a regulation enforcement official conversant in the matter.

The Associated Press reported that Dali, a U.S. resident, allegedly made it previous the ticket agent and was not seen by the flight crew till the airplane was within the air.

Dali, who's in her late fifties, is now in Milan, in keeping with the supply, and had been taken into custody Thursday at Malpensa Airport.

Svetlana Dali, 57, is seen in a brown sweater being screened by TSA brokers at JFK Airport in November 2024. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by way of AP)

As beforehand reported by Fox Information Digital, Dali was already convicted in Brooklyn federal courtroom on a stowaway cost from a November 2024 incident the place she boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris, additionally with no ticket.

In July 2025, she was sentenced to time served and one 12 months of supervised launch and was ordered to pay a payment of $100.

Prosecutors mentioned Dali bypassed safety at JFK Airport and walked onto the Delta airplane with no boarding move, ultimately being discovered within the airline’s lavatory.

Dali had argued she boarded the flight to seek medical treatment as a result of she thought the army had poisoned her. A jury discovered her responsible.

Dali appealed the ruling and the appellate case is at present pending within the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Fox Information Digital has realized.

In accordance with courtroom paperwork, Dali submitted a short in December 2025 with the Authorities anticipated to reply by March 4, 2026.

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Svetlana Dali, middle, seen with a big backpack, grey hoodie and black jacket mixing in with different passengers. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by way of AP)

Dali has additionally been concerned in different airport safety breaches.

In February 2024, customs brokers allegedly found her hiding in a toilet in a safe worldwide arrivals space at Miami Worldwide Airport.

Dali reportedly claimed she had simply arrived on an Air France flight, however a authorities memo states there was no document of her being on a flight that day or of her departing the U.S. at any level within the earlier 5 years.

Prosecutors additionally mentioned that two days earlier than the JFK incident, Dali accessed a safe space of the departures terminal at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut .

On Thursday, FBI spokesperson Emily Molinari advised The Related Press the company’s Newark workplace was "conscious of the alleged stowaway."

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The FBI is working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) "on this open investigation," Molinari mentioned.

Fox Information Digital has reached out to the FBI, TSA and United Airways for remark.

Associated Article Emma Bussey is a breaking information author for Fox Information Digital. Earlier than becoming a member of Fox, she labored at The Telegraph with the U.S. in a single day group, throughout desks together with international, politics, information, sport and tradition.