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.

Last week, a woman managed to sneak onto the Delta flight and get to Paris. She had been held in Charles de Gaulle airport until Saturday.

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,