Newark, NJ – Authorities were searching for a man who walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal Sunday night at a U.S. airport, and flights were grounded and passengers being re-screened, an air safety official said.
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A man was seen at Newark Liberty International Airport walking down an exit lane at Terminal C, said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis. Screening was halted in the Continental terminal while authorities looked at surveillance tapes to identify the man.
Passengers were then evacuated from the secure side of the terminal and moved to the open side to go through screening again to ensure that every passenger boarding a plane tonight out of the terminal was fully screened, Davis said in a statement. The security line was emptied, and passengers were waiting in check-in areas.
No announcements had been made over the airport’s public-address system as of 9:45 p.m. Security officers were instructing passengers, who were expressing frustration over the situation.
Continental spokeswoman Susannah Thurston said it’s an airport security issue not involving the Houston-based airline.
A spokesman said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is assisting with the possible security breach, and Davis had no update late Sunday night on the man who walked through the exit.
Is it just me or are the security people hired for air ports THE MOST INCOMPETENT people on the planet?
I hope all his movements were recorded on video. Who knows what this guy was up to? What did he have access to and could he have planted a bomb…gun…or something else to pick up later or just to blow up the terminal?
you know with the way these flying arrangements are going, this is mamish getting really scary….i think that Moshiach is definately on his way down the block….
I was flying from newark on dec 24 the day bfore the bombing attemt I saw somebody do the same thing and nobody said anything!!!
Why didn’t they tackle him before he even cleared the exit lane? Fear of a lawsuit?
it was a real mess with alot of people and cop cars but no esu or national guard !