L@ser attacks on Aircraft
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Yeah dude, there everywhere. 300mW+ is easy from a 22X DVD burner drive.
I'm sure if countries were serious enough, which they aren't. They would have DVD drive laws. Like special diodes that explode when force is applied to them or something...
I'm sure if countries were serious enough, which they aren't. They would have DVD drive laws. Like special diodes that explode when force is applied to them or something...
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KSEA Flights Lasered Last Night
12 flights were illuminated with a green laser while landing at SeaTac. All of them landed without incident. No pilot injuries reported. Authorities are seeking to determine the source of the laser.
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Someone shining l@ser at planes landing at Sea-Tac
Someone shining laser at planes landing at Sea-Tac
Twelve different flight crews reported that someone was shining a laser into their cockpits as the aircrafts were making their final approach Sunday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
By Seattle Times staff
Twelve different flight crews reported that someone was shining a laser into their cockpits as the aircraft were making their final approach Sunday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Pilots reported seeing the laser between 7:10 and 7:30 p.m. as they came in for landing, said Mike Fergus, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration's Northwest Mountain Region, headquartered in Renton. All of the planes were at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,500 feet and one of the pilots "had a fairly decent description of where the source was," Fergus said. No suspects were found and all of the planes landed safely.
The FBI and Transportation Security Administration are investigating.
Shining a laser at an airplane is a federal offense.
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Twelve different flight crews reported that someone was shining a laser into their cockpits as the aircrafts were making their final approach Sunday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
By Seattle Times staff
Twelve different flight crews reported that someone was shining a laser into their cockpits as the aircraft were making their final approach Sunday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Pilots reported seeing the laser between 7:10 and 7:30 p.m. as they came in for landing, said Mike Fergus, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration's Northwest Mountain Region, headquartered in Renton. All of the planes were at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,500 feet and one of the pilots "had a fairly decent description of where the source was," Fergus said. No suspects were found and all of the planes landed safely.
The FBI and Transportation Security Administration are investigating.
Shining a laser at an airplane is a federal offense.
Copyright © 2009 The Seattle Times Company
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Next months issue is all about casting your own ceramic guns using your old printer so you can effortlessly slip through the security gates....
I was hit a few months ago on final approach to CDG on the westerlies, approx 4 miles out on finals. They got us, the one infront and the one behind. The police chopper found nothing unfortunately.
I wanted to wring the little ***** neck
I was hit a few months ago on final approach to CDG on the westerlies, approx 4 miles out on finals. They got us, the one infront and the one behind. The police chopper found nothing unfortunately.
I wanted to wring the little ***** neck
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KSEA Pirep - Laser
ON 2 MILE FINAL RY 16L/R AT (SEA): ASA367 AND 12 ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT REPORTED BEING STRUCK BY A GREEN LASER BETWEEN 1200-1500FT ON A 2 MILE FINAL TO RY'S 16L & 16R AT SEA. LASER CAME FROM THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. SEA PD NOTIFIED. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES. 2/23 0312Z TXT SENT: LASER GROUP, 600, 500, AOV, 100S, S/AEG
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Another One @ KSEA
Last evening another green laser incident in Seattle, Horizon Air on final to SEA from PDX, about 6:30 pm. The FBI and Seattle Police are attempting to catch the perpetrator. They suspect an airport noise sensitive person to be involved. Here is a news link: Video | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington
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Man lasers news chopper, film at 11
Another case of someone on the ground pointing a laser at a helicopter, only this guy was so stupid that he pointed it at a news helicopter and continued to blaze away even as the camera crew aboard the aircraft recorded his crime. His mom says he didn't know what he was doing (he's 57!). He said he was annoyed by the helicopter.
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Blinded by the Light, Helicopter Crew Targeted by Laser Pointer|ABC 7 News
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Blinded by the Light, Helicopter Crew Targeted by Laser Pointer|ABC 7 News
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Another one, this time at YYZ:
CP24- Laser beam aimed into passenger jet cockpit - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Re green lasers: There are also red lasers. It seems the more powerful ones are green.
CP24- Laser beam aimed into passenger jet cockpit - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Re green lasers: There are also red lasers. It seems the more powerful ones are green.
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Air Canada flight zapped
San Francisco flight was zapped with a laser on approach to YYZ toronto Pearson this morning.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/5965203
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/5965203
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Police have arrested a man at CWL:
WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Plane targeted with laser light
WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Plane targeted with laser light
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L@sers being used to blind pilots flying into Larnaca
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It seems that the capability for action against the offenders has been stepped up a notch: BBC NEWS | Technology | Police fight back on l@ser threat
(for police helicopters anyway - but it's a start)
(for police helicopters anyway - but it's a start)
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The good news is that Police Helicopters in Northern England are now carrying laser detectors and position fixing kit, an idiot has already been jailed by their use.
The bad news of course is that the publicity might give other cretins similar ideas.
The bad news of course is that the publicity might give other cretins similar ideas.
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SURE this post will be deleted. . . but, what is the connection between this, and the likely sentences imposed on the brain-cell deficient morons involved versus the Thompson pilot recently jailed for 6 mths who could have been suffering from a marriage break-up/ alcoholism/ racism or who knows what.
Justice ? Yeah feckin right
Justice ? Yeah feckin right
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How powerful? We are never told. Up to 5mw are legal, I use them in astronomy education (in places where light pollution doesn't render them invisible anyway) and like rifles should never be used to 'shoot' at flights. What's more, light pollution from the ground has been cited as a factor in more than one aircraft accident and we all know how the police encourage the punters to light up everything.
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