"Parts of 2 JFK airport terminals evacuated after security breach"

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Parts of 2 JFK airport terminals evacuated after security breach
The Associated Press


NEW YORK (AP) - A man breached security at John F. Kennedy International
Airport on Thursday, causing security officials to evacuate parts of two
terminals and delaying some flights for hours, authorities said. 

The man, who had not been found by Thursday evening, circumvented security
at Terminal 3 at about 4:15 p.m., the Transportation Security Administration
said in an announcement. 

When TSA workers were unable to immediately locate the man, they called on
officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the
airport, to help evacuate the secure parts of Terminals 2 and 3. 

All passengers went through security a second time before normal operations
resumed, Port Authority spokesman Alan Hicks said. More than a dozen flights
were delayed, he said. 

Law enforcement officials continued to look for the man who breached
security, the TSA said.

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