At approximately 5:20 p.m. at Terminal C, a man walked through an exit on the public side to the secure “sterile” side for passengers who had cleared screening, according to the TSA. “Rescreening began after the Port Authority Police and TSA swept each of the concourses in the terminal with negative findings,” said Ann Davis, a TSA spokeswoman. “The man in question was never located; however, TSA’s rescreening effort will ensure that every passenger boarding an aircraft tonight out of Newark’s Terminal C has been fully screened.”
By early Monday, all passengers had been rescreened, while all flights from Terminal C were grounded until the process was completed. Newark Liberty International Airport is currently in line this year to receive the controversial new high tech full-body scanners.
So ummm…let's see if I've got this straight: Passengers that had already been screened were REscreened while "the man in question was NEVER located"….????Hmmm_Okaaaay_smh.