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Old 15th Feb 2016, 10:17
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mickjoebill
 
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I'm curious that no passengers were affected in this incident, nor apparently in other incidences.

Either the beam was narrow and tracked the cockpit area with very high precision or the passengers, whose view was not obscured by the wing, were not looking out the window nor drawn to the surface of the window being illuminated.

The narrower the beam the more precision or luck needed to keep the beam from illuminating the passenger cabin.


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