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    KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/03/new.je ... rt.breach/

    (CNN) -- A terminal at the Newark, New Jersey, airport was closed Sunday night after a man walked through the wrong side of a checkpoint exit, the Transportation Security Administration said.

    Police are seeking the individual, who walked from the public side to the sterile side, said TSA spokeswoman Anne Davis. No flights were allowed to leave from Terminal C Sunday evening, she said.

    Authorities are reviewing video from airport cameras. They are not sure whether the man was once on the sterile side and went back, or if he never went through screening, Davis said.

    Other travelers who had reached the sterile area after going through checkpoints are being moved back to the public area to be re-screened, she said.

    The incident caused arrival delays and mainly affected Continental Airlines, which is the airport's largest tenant.

    Newark Liberty International Airport, which is located about 15 miles from Manhattan, is the second-largest hub for Continental.

    The airport handles roughly 35 million passengers a year.
    One of my correspondents happened to be standing outside the IKEA spotting locale and was shocked to see that there wasn't a single flight.

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    One of my correspondents happened to be standing outside the IKEA spotting locale and was shocked to see that there wasn't a single flight.[/quote]

    You have "correspondents"? I like that.
    And CNN just showed pics from the Terminal and its a mess.

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    Thanks TSA that your idiots can't even watch a lane :oops:
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    Re: KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    It's terminal C

    GROUND STOPS

    ARPT UPDATE POE SCOPE REASON ADVZY
    EWR 0300 LOW NO WEST + CZY SECURITY BREACH TERMINAL C. THIS STOP IS FOR COA/CJC/UCA FLIGHTS ONLY. DO NOT CHARGE AS AN ATC DLA.

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    Re: KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    From someone on Twitter:

    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    What a fiasco..... I wonder if the shops at Terminal C will stay open.

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    looks like the groundstop for CO/Coex flts is extended, update at 0500z (12am)

    ATCSCC ADVZY 017 EWR/ZNY 01/04/10 AIRLINE GROUND STOP
    COA, CJC AND UCA FLIGHTS TO EWR FROM ZAU, ZBW, ZDC, ZFW, ZHU, ZID,
    ZJX, ZKC, ZMA, ZME, ZMP, ZNY, ZOB, ZTL AND CANADA ARE GROUND STOPPED
    DUE TO A SECURITY ISSUE. UPDATE TIME IS 0500Z. THESE ARE NOT
    REPORTABLE DELAYS.
    040359-040529

    10/01/04 04:00

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    They keep pushing it back. Originally it was supposed to end at 830.

    Could start to get ugly soon, I hear thousands of people are still crammed in there and trampling their way through the C2 security checkpoint, which is now open.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Shoot first, ask questions later.
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    Re: KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    Weirdly, that lineup of people is to get /out/ of the terminal. I see gates 70 and 71, which is right by where the bus departs for the free impromptu airside tour. I wonder if they had to dump A2 as well.

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    My sister departed at 4:30 on DL792 to AMS

    Thank goodness she avoided this mess.

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    I feel bad for all of these people who are now stuck, but incompetence rules again. There's usually two TSA agents at each of the 3 exit lanes stopping people from entering there so I wonder how this person got in.

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    Re: KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    No exuse for this what so ever and whoever was watching that door should be collecting a pink slip today. There's no reason one way doors can't be install to prevent accidental entry to the secure areas.

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    Re: KEWR on lockdown, no flights in or out.

    The scary part is they couldn't even find the person.

    Stupidity or are we being tested? Discuss amongst yourselves....whoever was on that post should have been arrested let alone fired....and I would not be surprised to see CO sue TSA for the cost of delays and cancellations.

    Amazing..simply amazing....
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    Art:
    That's what I'm thinking. CO should sue for damages.
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