JFK Airport

Generic Plane File Photo (credit: Getty images)

L.I. Couple Wants Answers After Lavatory Leak From Overhead Plane

“It was oily in substance, blackish-greenish oil. I thought it was hydraulic fluid,” said resident Artie Hughes.

2012/02/26

John F. Kennedy Airport (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Security Breach At JFK International Airport Causes Headaches For Travelers

The breach occurred at around 5:20 a.m. A passenger flagged by the Transportation Security Administration went through a security checkpoint without being pulled aside and screened.

2012/02/24

Archbishop Timothy Dolan (credit: CBS 2)

Hundreds Of New Yorkers Head To Rome For Cardinal-Designate Dolan’s Elevation

“He’s a wonderful, great man. He’ll do a great job,” said pilgrim Ann Brana.

2012/02/14

TSA Screeners(Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Former TSA Agents Sentenced For Stealing $40,000 From Baggage

Two former airport security officers, who have already spent over a year in jail, have now been sentenced for theft.

2012/01/10

(credit: Department of Homeland Security)

Feds Recover Nearly $300,000 In Bogus $100 Bills At JFK

The play dough was found in the bottom of the suitcases of woman arriving from Medellin, Colombia.

2011/12/27

The wreckage of PanAm 103 is seen in Lockerbie, Scotland - Dec 22, 1988 (credit: LETKEY/AFP/Getty Images)

For Many, Gadhafi’s Death Changes Meaning Of PanAm 103 Anniversary

The feeling of loss the might not be different 23 years after the crash of PanAm 103, but just about everything else is.

2011/12/21

A Boeing 747-8 at Paine Field - Everett, WA - Mar 20, 2011 (credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

FAA Grants Waiver Allowing Boeing 747-8 At Newark Airport

The biggest airliner Boeing has ever built could soon be coming to Newark Liberty International Airport.

2011/12/14

Lenore Zimmerman (L) and Ruth Sherman (R) both claim they were strip-searched at Kennedy Airport (credit: CBS 2)

Third Elderly Woman Comes Forward With Claim Of Being Strip-Searched By TSA At JFK

The woman, who is in her 60s, told CBS 2′s Kathryn Brown a nearly identical story about her experience going through security JFK last weekend. In fact, she was on the same flight as one of the other women.

2011/12/05

Nassau County grandmother Lenore Zimmerman says she was strip searched at Kennedy Airport (credit: CBS 2)

L.I. Grandmother Says She Was Strip-Searched At Kennedy Airport

Lenore Zimmerman’s family plans to sue the TSA after, she says, she was taken to a private room and told to pull down her pants.

2011/12/03

Travelers Stranded at Kennedy Airport on December 27, 2010 (credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Passenger Sues After Being Stranded On Kennedy Airport Tarmac

The lawsuit is directed against the Terminal One Group that runs the international terminal at JFK.

2011/11/27

Egle Ruzgys (L) and her brother, Aurimas (R), reunited with Mary Katz Erlich (C). (credit: CBS 2)

After 66 Years, Holocaust Survivor Reunites With Family That Saved Her

It’s been nearly 66 years since they’ve seen each other. On Friday, Holocaust survivor Mary Katz Erlich met Egle Ruzgys and her brother Aurimas at Kennedy Airport.

2011/11/23

These stray dogs from Afghanistan arrived at JFK Airport on Wednesday. (credit: CBS 2)

U.S. Troops Reunite With Their Canine Friends From Afghanistan

The hugs and smiles said it all. U.S. troops were reunited with the stray dogs they found in Afghanistan JFK Airport on Wednesday.

2011/11/16

Hundreds Gather To Honor Flight 587 Victims On 10th Anniversary

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, and what many thought to be a potential terror attack turned out to be just a tragic accident resulting from pilot error. Still 265 people died. Hundreds gathered on Saturday to honor the victims on the 10th anniversary.

2011/11/13

Manssor Arbabsiar (file / AP Photo/Williamson County Jail via Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

Not Guilty Plea In Plot To Assassinate Saudi Ambassador

A U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

2011/10/24