Robo,
The answers you want are only 50 yards from you !!
Go and rabbit to some of our fine B757 flight deck who used to fly the mighty A300 freighters into Bergamo.
As C of G pointed out, an Italian geezer used to shine a laser pen into the Channex aircraft from his gaff at the holding point.
So the local rozzers went round, blew the bloody doors orf, and put a horses head in his bed. Sorted !