A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris last week is on her way back to the United States. The woman left Paris on Wednesday aboard a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly after 3 p.

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.

The woman who flew as a stowaway from New York to Paris is attempting to claim asylum in France, a source familiar with the matter has told CBS, the BBC's US news partner.