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Cops called as delayed Kennedy passengers get unruly

Quick ReadA Port Authority spokesman said officers were called "to maintain order" at the terminal after a source said the airline overbooked a flight.

Authorities were called to the Delta terminal at

Photo credit: AP File, 2008 | Authorities were called to the Delta terminal at Kennedy Airport to manage a large, unhappy crowd, a source said.

Tempers ran hot Tuesday at Kennedy Airport's Delta Air Lines terminal as customers who had been trying to get to Haiti for two days became unruly, according to the Port Authority.

Port Authority police officers were called to manage "a large crowd" Tuesday and responded between 9 and 10 a.m., spokesman Steve Coleman said.

Calm was restored by 11 a.m., and no one was injured. There were...

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