Overview
- Law enforcement sources say Svetlana Dali was discovered onboard without a ticket and detained after the plane landed in Milan.
- United issued a statement saying safety and security are top priorities and that it is working with authorities on the inquiry.
- Sources told NBC News the crew realized she lacked a ticket only after the Boeing 777-200 was over the Atlantic.
- Dali was convicted in Brooklyn for stowing away on a Nov. 26, 2024 Delta flight to Paris and was sentenced in July 2025 to time served.
- Officials previously documented separate 2024 breaches at Bradley International in Connecticut and in a secure area at Miami International, underscoring a pattern now under renewed review by TSA and airport police in Newark.