In the very same book where he predicted (or quite possibly germinated the idea of) someone crashing an airliner into a major public building, Tom Clancy had his spook heroes John Clark and the Hispanic guy (Rameriz?) zapping the eyes of the pilots of two Japanese AWACS 767s with lasers as they approached to land at their home base, causing both aircraft to crash.
Anyone interested in giving himself a goodfright might like to take a look through some of these sites.
http://nrac.onr.navy.mil/webspace/ex...8lasereye.html
http://articles.findarticles.com/p/a...90/ai_82009542
http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/ap036.htm