Security breach at JFK Airport

Last Updated 8:26 a.m. ET

A security breach at John F. Kennedy International Airport created delays Friday morning at Terminal 7.

CBS Station WCBS reports that at 6 a.m. a passenger in the terminal was flagged by TSA. The passenger went through a security checkpoint without being pulled aside and screened.

At this time, all passengers in Terminal 7 had to be re-screened.

By 7:40 a.m. the issue was resolved and passengers were allowed to board their flights, though residual delays lingered.

On Twitter, passengers stuck at the airport complained about the disruption: "JFK is insanity right now. Absolutely nothing is moving. People sleeping on luggage," tweeted Shanna Carpenter.

[fisher1949]

If anyone is counting, this is the 67th time in a year that a TSA error has emptied an airport, sent hundreds back through security, cost the airlines tens of thousands of dollars in delays and disrupted flight schedules for the rest of the day.

TSA actions have repeatedly demonstrated that the checkpoints are staffed by imbeciles and criminals. Instead of these people actually doing their jobs, they goof off and the customers are forced to pay for their negligence.

They should have just used the security footage and identify the person they neglected to grope, go to the gate and grope them and leave everyone else alone.

The screener responsible for this, their supervisor and the airport security director should all be fired.

[credibility2]

This is stupid and totally unnecessary. Lax and inattentive TSA caused the problem and knew the perpetrator. That is the only individual that should have been subjected to the additional security.

[uisignorant]

What you were to busy feeling up granny and children to say "Hey wait a minute". It is not like the guy can go around the checkpoint. Just another epic failure of the TSA.