A woman who flew as a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week remains in France after causing a disturbance on a flight scheduled to take her back to the United States Saturday,

The woman was removed from the Delta flight by French law enforcement prior to takeoff Saturday, CBS News learned.

Airline officials are investigating how a woman, without a boarding pass, was able to get onboard a Delta Airlines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week.

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power's influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground.

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.