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Hundreds evacuated from terminal at airport in NYC
Updated: Saturday, 23 Jun 2012, 3:29 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 23 Jun 2012, 3:29 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of air passengers and staff were evacuated from a terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport after a metal detector malfunctioned at one of the security checkpoints.
The Transportation Security Administration says it closed Kennedy's Terminal 7 for about two hours Saturday morning after discovering the equipment problem and realizing that people had been let through without being properly screened.
Procedures call for the entire terminal to be emptied and the passengers re-checked whenever that happens.
Some travelers have posted photographs on Twitter showing the terminal lobby jammed with people waiting to get back in.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the screening checkpoints were reopened to passengers by 11:45 a.m.
The terminal is used by British Airways, United, and other airlines.
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