Folks, bit of a bizarre one and I wonder if anyone's seen it before...
Whilst cruising at FL230 over northern Greece (overhead KVA) the flightdeck was bathed in green light. Having pulled down the glare visor I was able to see a ground based laser pointing at the aircraft (the captain independently verified this). Has anyone suffered a laser nuisance at a level such as this before?! I'm at a loss to explain how the guy was 1. Able to aim it with such accuracy for 10 secs 2. Even own a laser with the power to reach 4 miles up!
A check has shown no laser light shows taking place in the area and I can't think of another explanation.
As an aside, laser attacks seem to becoming increasingly common in this part of the world (ATH FIR). I seem to average 2 a day when on later shifts (lased at both JMK and ATH this evening).
Wish we had some sort of rudimentary LGB
P.S. No idea why prune substitutes an @ symbol in the word l
aser.