The TSA said the individual made it through security and two checkpoints at JFK before getting on the plane. Delta said it was investigating.

"The individual bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations and was able to board the aircraft," TSA said in a statement.

On one of the busiest travel days of the year, the woman somehow managed to get on the plane without a boarding pass.

The woman boarded Delta Flight No. 264 from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, CBS News learned. She was discovered while the plane was in midair and was taken into custody in Paris.

The woman was removed from the plane by law enforcement after landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, a source with knowledge of the incident told NBC News.

A stowaway flew from New York to Paris without a ticket earlier this week, but was discovered towards the end of the flight. The woman flew on a Delta Airlines flight from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport without a boarding pass on Tuesday,

The individual, who did not have a boarding pass, completed security screening and bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations to board the aircraft, according to a TSA spokesperson.

A woman was allegedly caught on a Delta Air Lines flight headed to Paris from New York this week despite not having a valid boarding pass.

Amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, a stowaway was discovered Tuesday night onboard a Delta Air Lines flight out of JFK Airport in New York City headed to Paris.

A stowaway who allegedly boarded a Delta Air Lines flight without a boarding pass wasn’t discovered until shortly before the plane touched down in Paris. The unidentified woman was caught onboard the fully booked Delta flight 264 on Wednesday (27 November) when a flight attendant became suspicious of the passenger’s long stints in the aircraft bathrooms.