Delta Air Lines refuses to repatriate Russian stowaway to the US

Delta Air Lines has refused to transport a 57-year-old Russian woman back to the US after she stowed away on a flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Paris last week, according to French airport officials. Despite being scheduled for return flights, including one on Tuesday accompanied by six US marshals, Delta declined to carry her.

The woman reportedly shouted, “Only a judge can make me go back to the USA,” prompting French authorities to remove her from an earlier flight. French…