A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week is on her way back to the United States.

French officials tell ABC News that the woman who allegedly snuck onto a Delta Airlines international flight is a Russian national who did not have valid travel documents to enter the country.

A passenger went through security screening but avoided identity and boarding pass checks before flying out of the United States, a T.S.A. representative said.

A source says a woman who stowed away on a New York to Paris flight entered a security lane reserved for flight crews and was able to evade a standard ID check. While in custody on a return flight, a passenger says,

Authorities in the United States have reviewed airport security footage as they continue to investigate how a woman sneaked on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ticket last Tuesday –– one of the busiest travel days of the year.

The woman who flew as a stowaway from New York to Paris has been identified as 57-year-old Svetlana Dali. She remains in France after allegedly causing a disturbance on a return flight to the US. Dali,

A woman was taken into custody after the stowaway flew aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from New York's JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airline said.

The stowaway who boarded a flight in New York and made it all the way to Paris on Tuesday was removed from her return flight to the U.S. after she caused a disturbance, a source said Sunday. A source with knowledge of the situation said the woman "created a disturbance" as the Delta flight was set to return to New York.