Laser attacks on aircraft at LBA last night
Just read elsewhere that 3x inbound flights to Leeds last night between 22:00 & 22:30 (including a Jet2, B733 - Avion Express, A319 & Ryanair, B738) all reported been attacked by a green l@ser which was been shone into there cockpits whilst on short finals to runway 32.
I understand that the West Yorkshire Police Helicopter was dispatched and about an hour later the culprit was reportedly picked up and detained by local constabulary.
As this was happening in one of the most important parts of a flight and the potential impact of something going wrong would be unthinkable I was wondering what kind of sentence do these people get for this kind of stupidity??
Last edited by LBIA; 20th Aug 2012 at 13:06.