A security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport was closed temporarily on Tuesday when a 25-pound cat crawled under an X-ray machine. Passengers in Terminal A were redirected to different checkpoints and the woman who owned the cat missed her flight after the heavy tabby crawled into a 4-inch gap between the machine and the floor and then refused to come out. Port Authority police said the cat was let out of its carrier so the container could be screened, but then got away from its owner and hid under the machine. Officers used a hydraulic device to lift the CTX explosive-detection machine and free the cat about 20 minutes later. The cat owner rescheduled her flight for yesterday.
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