Hey, you may not be allowed to carry more than 3 ounces of liquids in your carry-on items, but some TSA screeners are apparently cool about letting a smoke bomb go through screening—and missing a hunting knife on a passenger! According to MyFoxNY, both incidents happened at Newark Liberty International Airport. more ›

Despite invasive full body scanners popping up at our nation’s airports, Janet Napolitano says you’ll still have to take your shoes off to get through security. According to the Homeland Security Secretary, shoes are so impenetrable that they can’t be fully screened while they’re on your feet, reports the AP. Too bad these never caught on. During a live video chat session, she also spoke to the shortage of air marshals on domestic and international flights, and about incidents, like the Newark airport kisser, where non-passengers cause security meltdowns by entering unauthorized areas. She said that for now only ticketed travelers would be allowed in secure areas but that "It may be possible to change that as we move forward." more ›

Security cameras at Newark Liberty International Airport are being equipped with alarms that will sound if the cameras stop working. More than 30 cameras at nine security checkpoints will be connected to alarms, according to 1010WINS. The planned fail-safe measure comes after a man brought air travel to a halt when he bypassed security to say goodbye to his girlfriend. Following that breach, authorities realized airport cameras had not stored images for days, and were forced to obtain backup footage from security cameras operated by Continental Airlines. Since then, security at Newark has been breached by wine bottles and an obese cat. more ›

The skies above Newark Liberty International Airport are a disaster waiting to happen, according to federal investigators who are concerned about the simultaneous use of intersecting runways. Problems arise when a plane needs to abort its landing — which occurs about once every 700 flights at Newark. Current protocol forces the diverted plane to make a sharp right turn directly across the flight path of planes taking off and landing, "allowing little margin for error," according to CNN. more ›

In what seems to be separate incidents, NJ Transit and PATH commuters are facing a rough Thursday morning commute into the city. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a Continental flight from Hong Kong landed at Newark Liberty International Airport but passengers were held because some were feeling ill. In a reassuring piece of news, apparently seven passengers had "signs of fever and reported vomiting" even before the flight took off. We thought that Hong Kong's airport had those post-avian bird flu scanners that shows if a passenger has a higher body temperature than usual - and stop people who are sick. more ›

For anyone who flies out of Newark, this is some distressing news: The Transportation Security Administration conducted 22 security tests at Newark Liberty International Airport, only for the Newark screeners to fail 20 of them. The Star-Ledger noted some of the problems:

One of the security officials familiar with last week's tests said screeners at Newark missed fake explosive devices that were hidden under bottles of water in carry-on luggage, taped beneath an agent's clothing and concealed under a leg bandage another tester wore. more ›