John F. Kennedy International Airport

• Rates of runway incursions double over the past decade in Canada

  Runway incursion is an aviation term for the improper positioning of vehicles, planes or people on any airport runway or its protected area that can result in close calls.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2023
  
• JFK airport terminal evacuated after unattended bag sparks bomb scare

  The official Twitter account of the John F. Kennedy International Airport said that terminal four at the JFK Airport will remain closed to inbound traffic.

  World

  Jul 3, 2022
  
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• 30 people hurt after plane hits severe turbulence en route to New York

  The New York City fire department tweeted about the incident just before 7:30 p.m., Saturday, saying emergency medical personnel were on scene.

  News

  Mar 9, 2019
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• Former North Carolina police chief says he was detained at JFK airport over his name

  Former Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden of Alexandria, Virginia, who now works as a law enforcement consultant, said he was detained March 13 on his return trip from Paris for his mother's 80th birthday.

  World

  Mar 20, 2017
• 11 people pass through unmanned TSA checkpoint at JFK Airport in New York

  Authorities are trying to find eight of 11 people who passed through an unattended security checkpoint at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

  World

  Feb 20, 2017
• Lufthansa flight from Texas to Germany diverted after bomb threat

  A Lufthansa flight headed to Germany from Texas was diverted to a New York City airport on Monday night after a bomb threat was called in to the airline's headquarters, officials said.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2016
• WATCH: Heavily-armed police storm JFK airport after reports of shots fired

  Amateur video inside New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport captured the chaotic scene Sunday as police stormed two terminals in response to a report of shots fired.

  World

  Aug 15, 2016
• 183 people spend 6 hours on Canadian Forces base tarmac after Delta Flight 446 forced to land

  Over 180 Delta Air Lines passengers were forced to wait over six hours on the runway of a Canadian Forces base in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Nfld., after their flight from New York to Iceland was diverted early Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2016