--- description: A handful of people were not screened properly at a security checkpoint at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport title: A Handful of Travelers Got Through Security at JFK Airport Without Proper Screening image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a289f8902f1046/6988bb1e4dd2153013efdd60/gettyimages-472472926.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Handful of Travelers Got Through Security at JFK Airport Without Proper Screening by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 21, 2017 4:34 PM CUT  People hurry at JFK Airport on June 7, 2013 in New York. People hurry at JFK Airport on June 7, 2013 in New York.tupungato—Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 21, 2017 4:34 PM CUT A handful of people were not screened properly at a security checkpoint at New York’s [John F. Kennedy International Airport](http://time.com/4652654/jfk-detain-trump-immigration-order/ "undefined") early on Monday morning, authorities said. A spokesman from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said three passengers in the airport’s Terminal 5 “did not receive required secondary screening after alarming the walk through metal detector.” The TSA identified the passengers and conducted security measures at their arrival airport, the spokesman said. The spokesman added that the incident “presents minimal risk to the aviation transportation system.” Earlier, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told the [Associated Press](http://q13fox.com/2017/02/20/11-people-pass-through-unmanned-airport-security-checkpoint-at-jfk/ "undefined") that up to 11 people were believed to have boarded various flights from Terminal 5 after going through an unattended checkpoint lane. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4676846/unattended-security-checkpoint-jfk-airport/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4676846/unattended-security-checkpoint-jfk-airport/"},"headline":"A Handful of Travelers Got Through Security at JFK Airport Without Proper Screening","datePublished":"2017-02-21T16:34:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:44:21.873Z","description":"Three people didn't receive secondary screening after setting off a metal detector","url":"https://time.com/4676846/unattended-security-checkpoint-jfk-airport/","keywords":["Aviation","Security","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a289f8902f1046/6988bb1e4dd2153013efdd60/gettyimages-472472926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a289f8902f1046/6988bb1e4dd2153013efdd60/gettyimages-472472926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"JFK airport terminal","caption":"JFK airport terminal","creditText":"tupungato—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4676846/unattended-security-checkpoint-jfk-airport/","name":"A Handful of Travelers Got Through Security at JFK Airport Without Proper Screening"}}]}] ```