Outbound Newark Terminal C flights stopped in suspected security breach

NEWARK Liberty International Airport's Terminal C was locked down with all out going flights suspended Sunday as officials investigated a suspected security breach, reported The New York Times.

The alarm was raised when a man was spotted walking the wrong way down the exit lane between the secured, or "sterile," area and the public area at around 5.20pm.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ordered passengers on the sterile side of the barrier to move back to the public side for re-screening.

Airline safety officials have been on heightened alert since the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, an incident that President Obama on Saturday linked to Al Qaeda in Yemen.
 

Source: SchedNet