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Old 6th Jan 2012, 23:08
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Exclamation Teenager charged for laser attack

A teenager in France is getting 3 months suspended jail sentence for aiming laser at aircraft on approach in Paris CDG airport.

Article here (french): Condamné pour avoir ébloui des pilotes d'avions au laser - Yahoo!

The subject has probably been dealt with in other threads, but I won't search the whole site for this one.

I read recently the US is moving in this direction too, i.e. making it an offence to aim laser beams at aircraft, and actually starting to enforce it.

The article mentions 2800 laser attacks in France for 2010, but I suspect it is much more, considering the number of times (in other countries) I have reported to ATC on finals and they don't seem to give a damn, just the usual ""ah...OK".

I used to get lasers at least once or twice a month in Europe, flying short haul for about 80 hours per month. Am I seeing things or is this what other pilots experience too?

Opinions welcome!
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