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Second Airport Security Breach This Month Delays Thousands of Passengers at JFK

Where: JFK International Airport [map], New York, NY, United States
January 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM | by | Comments (0)

Why can't people just stay behind queues and obey red "no entry" signs? January is quickly turning into Airport Security month, and this crazy even that happened over the weekend does nothing to improve the image of the TSA...

On Saturday, a Haitian evacuee who had just arrived to New York-JFK's Terminal 8 on a flight from the Dominican Republic set off security alarms when we went the wrong way and entered doors marked "For Authorized Personnel Only." And, just as in the Newark security breach of earlier this month, all of the passengers in the terminal were forced to exit back in the ticketing area for re-screening through security.

They eventually caught the man, but he's currently released on bail. Poor guy has been through so much these last few days. Luckily this didn't occur just after a major holiday, like the Newark incident's proximity to New Year's, but nonetheless, thousands of passengers on mostly American Airlines went through airport hell. May we suggest bringing a survival kit and a tent along next time you fly?

Related Stories:
· Arrest in JFK airport terminal security breach [Reuters]
· Haitian Evacuee the culprit in JFK security breach [Gothamist]
· Airport Security [Jaunted]

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