April 2, 2008 - 1:23PM
A laser pointer has disrupted the flight path of another Sydney-bound plane overnight, police say.
At about 9.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday police received reports of an infrared laser light being shone from the Bossley Park area at a plane believed to have been travelling from Cairns to Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport.
The plane landed without incident and no one was injured.
Last Friday, six passenger planes were targeted, forcing the aircraft to alter their flight paths and delay their landings into Sydney.
The planes had to changed their flight paths into Sydney after pilots were targeted in a co-ordinated attack by four green lasers.
At the time authorities said the attack, which continued for 15 minutes, appeared to have originated in the Bexley area of south-western Sydney.
The federal government on Friday will receive recommendations on how to curb laser attacks on aeroplanes, Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus says.
A meeting of the Australian Customs Service, Australian Federal Police, ASIO and other government agencies is currently compiling suggestions for tougher restrictions on laser pointers.
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