It remains unclear how the person managed to bypass security at JFK Airport and board the Delta Airlines flight to Paris.

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.

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.