A United Airlines flight that departed from San Francisco International Airport Saturday landed safely in Newark, N.J. after a passenger claimed that a bomb stuffed inside a backpack was on board the aircraft, NBC New York reported.

The San Francisco Police Department and the airline received word of the alert, but authorities gave the pilots the green light to continue on their scheduled heading.

Passengers were not made aware of the bomb threat until the plane touched down on the East Coast.

"They didn't say anything about this thing," Arjun Shah told NBC New York. "I just saw two cops when they landed and they didn't say anything about this."

Not having any knowledge about the potential danger was surprising, but Shah added that it made sense.

"It would just create panic on the plane so they did the right thing, I guess," he told NBC New York. Bomb sniffing dogs and officers searched the plane after it landed in Newark, but they did not find anything, according to NBC New York.

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People flying in and out of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the holidays may get to see something that is literally one of a kind.
You’ve heard of therapy dogs, right? Well, SFO is the only airport in the US that has a therapy PIG. LiLou is her name, and you’ll know her when you see her. Her hooves are painted pink, and she’s wearing a tutu and a captain’s hat.
Want evidence? Just check out LiLou’s instagram page. 
San Francisco International Airport has a therapy pig to help soothe your holiday travel stressShe's a gift to us all!
LiLou is part of SFO’s “Wag Brigade,”  a carefully selected group of over 300 therapy animals that can be found roaming the terminals in the airport. All of the animals in SFO get certified by the San Francisco SPCA. In existence since 1968, the SF SPCA is devoted to saving, protecting and caring for cats and dogs.
Holiday travel is the worst. Security lines can seemingly go on forever, but if you are in San Francisco at least, maybe spending some time with LiLou will help you find your happy place. 
It's hard to feel anything other than delight when confronted with a pig in a sombrero

Read More: http://www.fox5ny.com/news/fox-content-hub/222688609-story

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --
The San Francisco Police Department chased a man onto the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport.

The man appeared to be under the influence of a substance in the ticket counter area of Terminal 1 on Tuesday morning, according to Doug Yakel, an SFO spokesperson.

The suspect then led officers on a foot chase, during which he scaled a fence onto the airfield, where he was apprehended.

Paramedic firefighter Rafael Gordon responded to a call on his bike that someone was lying unconscious at the Southwest ticket counter.

"He was breathing. I reached out to take his vital signs. He popped up and just bolted," he said.

He ran down the terminal and out the door, chased by about four or five officers. He jumped over an embankment about twenty feet down, made it to the airfield. Police and airport vehicles began chasing him, trying to block his route but the intruder weaved in and out of their path.

Gordon says the man seemed to have boundless energy, perhaps high on something.

After zig- zagging around the airfield, Gordon says the man just got tired and when he slowed down, officers caught him.

Tri Nguyen shot the cell phone video. "He got tackled down and handcuffed and put in the black SUV," said Nguyen.

The breach raises the question of airport security. Spokesman Doug Yakel says they've already made many improvements.

"We've already hardened over 10,000 feet of fencing. We've added new analytics. We have an RFP out for a new water radar detection system,:" said Yakel.

Despite all that, the man was able to simply jump over a fence

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The budget and finance committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution declaring the seawall erosion at San Francisco International Airport an emergency and approving repairs on the structure, Curbed reported.
The seawall is an important infrastructure construction that guards the airport from high tides and protects against runway flooding. The repairs necessary to fix the seawall will cost $1.5 million, with the main fix being the placement of around 2,000 feet of riprap along seawall. Riprap refers to use of materials like large rocks to shore up the structure.

Read more:  http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2016/12/06/sfo-repair-seawall.html