Terminal at JFK airport in NYC is being evacuated after security breach
By APSaturday, January 16, 2010
JFK terminal being evacuated after security breach
NEW YORK — Officials are evacuating a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City because of a security breach.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Steve Coleman says travelers at Kennedy’s Terminal 8 are being asked to leave and will be re-screened.
The security breach apparently involved someone who left a first class American Airlines lounge, opened a door that was supposed to be used only by airport workers and walked through.
Coleman says it’s unclear whether the person was a passenger. He says the breach happened before 3:30 p.m. and was recorded by security cameras.
A man was charged last week with breaching security at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey on Jan. 3. Flights were grounded for hours and passengers were re-screened.
