Cross-dresser walks across two runways at Newark airport before wandering into terminal after a 'bad date' despite $300MILLION perimeter security system



A man dressed in women's clothing who was trying to escape a 'bad date' was able to walk across two runways at Newark Liberty International Airport and wander into a terminal undetected - despite a $300million perimeter security system.



Siyah Bryant, 24, of Jersey City, New Jersey, slipped undetected into a secure area of the airport on Christmas Day and was not arrested until he approached a United Airlines worker, who called police.



The New York Post reports that a $300million Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS), which includes a system of cameras, should have spotted the man as soon as he scaled the barbed wire-rimmed fence surrounding the airport.

A $300million dollar security system is supposed to detect any breaches on the Newark Liberty International Airport grounds

Bryant told police that he was on a 'date' with another man about 4.20am on Tuesday but that their car broke down on the New Jersey Turnpike outside the airport.

He says he felt unsafe left his date when the man called a friend to bring them gasoline.

'The cameras were operating and he was not detected by the PIDS system,' a source told the Post.



The Port Authority, which operates all three major airports in the New York City area, paid military contractor Raytheon more than $300million to install a security system to detect any unauthorized access to the grounds surrounding airport runways, according to the Post.

But Bryant - who was reportedly wearing red women's trousers and a brown sweater - walked all to Terminal C - and was even able to get inside.



He was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing.

John F. Kennedy International, La Guardia, Newark and Teterboro airports all have the PIDS system.

Officials credited it with helping catch Makhonjwa Mashoba, 31, of Milwaukee, who scaled a fence at JFK on Sunday.

However, an official told the Post that even then, he was able to wander across the tarmac for ten minutes before being spotted.



