<p class="speakable">A single bullet discovered in an overhead bin on a United Airlines Boeing 737 at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/general/airports" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Newark Liberty International Airport</a> (EWR) caused a significant security delay.</p><p class="speakable">The incident occurred Feb. 17 on a flight bound for Miami. The plane was declared a crime scene, and was searched and cleared by authorities before departing after a nearly three-hour delay.</p><p>"On Tuesday, United Flight 1511 underwent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/general/travel-safety" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a security sweep</a> after a bullet was discovered in an overhead bin prior to the flight’s departure," United Airlines told Fox News Digital in a statement.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/shocking-airport-security-busts-reveal-bizarre-hidden-items-tucked-luggage" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>SHOCKING AIRPORT SECURITY BUSTS REVEAL BIZARRE AND HIDDEN ITEMS TUCKED AWAY IN LUGGAGE</strong></a></p><p>"Security personnel cleared the aircraft, which later departed for Miami," the company's statement concluded.</p><p>United Flight 1511 had been due to depart from Newark at 2:07 p.m. local time, according to data shared on <a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1511/history/20260217/1917Z/KEWR/KMIA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FlightAware</a>.</p><p>After almost three hours, the plane took off at 4:49 p.m. </p><p>It <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/miami" rel="noopener" target="_blank">landed in Miami</a> at 7:33 p.m. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/shocking-airport-security-busts-reveal-bizarre-hidden-items-tucked-luggage" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>'SECURITY-RELATED SITUATION' GROUNDS FIGHT TO VACATION HOT SPOT, PASSENGERS CONFINED FOR HOURS</strong></a></p><p>It is still unknown how the bullet entered the aircraft cabin after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search#q=travel%20safety" rel="noopener" target="_blank">multiple screening procedures</a> at Newark. </p><p>TSA rules strictly prohibit firearms in carry-on baggage. </p><p>Ammunition must be unloaded, locked in a hard-sided container and declared to the airline at the check-in counter as checked baggage, according to the agency. </p><p>Firearm magazines and ammunition clips, loaded or empty, need to be securely boxed or included within a hard-sided case containing an unloaded firearm.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/lifestyle/quizzes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ</strong></a></p><p>"TSA does not confiscate detected firearms in carry-on bags. Screening officers notify law enforcement, who may take possession of the firearm and determine further action," according to <a href="https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/factsheets/firearms-and-ammunition" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the government website</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</u></strong></a></p><p>This is not the first time a passenger has apparently tried to conceal ammunition at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/newark-airport-disruptions-leave-airline-flyers-scrambling-experts-share-tips-not-being-stranded" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Newark airport.</a></p><p>A Mississippi man was arrested in Oct. 2024 after TSA officers intercepted disassembled gun parts concealed in a boot and a Lego box. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES</u></strong></a></p><p>An "officer detected the fully disassembled 9mm firearm in a carry-on bag at a checkpoint in Terminal A as the man’s duffle bag entered the checkpoint X-ray machine," according to <a href="https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2024/10/17/tsa-detects-firearm-parts-artfully-concealed-lego-box-and-boot" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a TSA statement</a> at the time.</p><p>"The gun frame was jammed in the bottom of a boot below a sock … The gun’s slide, spring and gun magazine loaded with 12 bullets were detected mixed among the plastic pieces of a Black Panther Lego set."</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Port Authority Police</a> confiscated the items and arrested the passenger, who was ticketed to fly to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. </p>