An airline passenger walked through an exit — and, past a security guard — Tuesday night at Kennedy Airport and boarded a Delta Airlines flight to Albany.
The crack security staff at the airport — what, were these guys trained by Barney Fife? — emptied two terminals of passengers, then re-screened them all in a process that took about three hours. But, of course, they never found the man, who despite sidestepping security, actually flew to Albany — where he was questioned by police.
Oh, thankfully, after all was said and done Transportation Safety Administration officials announed that the man was not a terrorist threat.
Now, that’s reassuring.
Of course, we were of the understanding that all these elaborate security measures were put in place to determine who might be a threat to the traveling public before anyone ever got onto to a commercial airline flight — not after a flight had been completed.
The incident occured at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, when the man, whose identity has not been released, walked past a security guard who was neither able to stop him — or locate him. But, hey. Heaven forbid I leave a pair of nail-clippers in my carry-on. Now, that’s a security threat.
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