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Newark Again Leads NYC-Area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says Newark Again Leads NYC-Area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says
Newark Again Leads Nyc-area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says Newark Liberty International Airport last year had the dubious distinction of recording the most gun seizures by TSA officers of any hub in the New York metropolitan area, the agency reported. It also makes the fifth straight year that Newark Airport had more checkpoint gun seizures than its regional counterparts. The 14 firearms discovered at Newark security checkpoints in 2022 tie a recent high from 2018, Transportation Security Administration statistics show. LaGuardia had 11 and JFK had seven. Overall, the 39 handguns stopped at New York City regional airports last year were 50% more…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess 2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess
2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28 leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…

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by Annie DeVoe and Cecilia Levine
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Southwest Airlines Pulling Out Of Newark Liberty Airport Southwest Airlines Pulling Out Of Newark Liberty Airport
Southwest Airlines Pulling Out Of Newark Liberty Airport Southwest Airlines announced it will no longer be flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport as of November, according to published reports.  The budget airline will consolidate operations at LaGuardia.  The airline is making the change in response to problems with Boeing's 737 Max plane, which makes up a large portion of the Southwest fleet.  The passenger jet has been grounded since March following two crashes that resulted in the deaths of more than 300 people.  Southwest officials said they had expected capacity to grow by five percent, but it has instead d…

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by Paul Milo
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LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints
LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints Giant scissors. Snakes in a computer hard drive. Ice ax. These are some of TSA's "Top 10 Most Unusual Finds at Checkpoints." Among them, tuxedo grenades found in luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport (No. 4) and a concealed knife in baby carrier at LaGuardia (No. 6). WATCH TSA'S FULL VIDEO ABOVE.

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by Cecilia Levine