Another knuckle dragger around Heathrow:
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Another knuckle dragger around Heathrow:
I hope this hasn't been posted elsewhere, if so delete.
"Laser Attack Forces Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner Diversion"
More at: https://simpleflying.com/laser-attack-virgin-atlantic/
Feel free to rant and rave!
"Laser Attack Forces Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner Diversion"
More at: https://simpleflying.com/laser-attack-virgin-atlantic/
Feel free to rant and rave!
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I have a friend who was PAX on that flight. He told me that the pilot had lost peripheral vision and was advised to return to LHR. An additional inconvenience was that the standby pilot at LHR had "the wrong type of Covid test" for entry at Tel Aviv, thus requiring the pax to be overnighted at the Hilton Garden Inn. His journey resumed the following morning.
My opinion of the Laser user is unprintable.
My opinion of the Laser user is unprintable.
How can the punishment for this xxxx ever fit the costs, inconvenience and injury? Every penny that he [am I allowed to make this assumption?] has every earned and will ever earn won’t scratch the surface of the costs to Virgin never minding delays and incidental costs to all the passengers and freight. They are very lucky that I’m not in charge of justice! I hope the pilot is not permanently scarred.
A laser event "over Paris" seems unusual. I wonder what altitude and how the, presumably French, police found the culprit, when ours seem to struggle to nail them? Clever technology? A special unit?
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The CAA have a safety notice (SN - 2020/017 - Laser attack).
SN-2020/017: Laser Attacks
it includes a self assessment tool (paragraph 2.3) on whether you might have suffered any immediate effect or damage, maybe worth carrying a copy or downloading in case some fool targets you.
SN-2020/017: Laser Attacks
it includes a self assessment tool (paragraph 2.3) on whether you might have suffered any immediate effect or damage, maybe worth carrying a copy or downloading in case some fool targets you.
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French, police found the culprit, when ours seem to struggle to nail them? Clever technology? A special unit?
The aircraft was hit on departure from LHR.
Presumably the turnaround over Paris was due to the time it took the crew to identify and ascertain that the pilot's vision was affected - it can take some time to recognise the onset of symptoms. They will probably have been in contact with their ops to take advice.
Presumably the turnaround over Paris was due to the time it took the crew to identify and ascertain that the pilot's vision was affected - it can take some time to recognise the onset of symptoms. They will probably have been in contact with their ops to take advice.
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We were targeted many years ago, not very accurate and I might have risked it a bit spotting it but with Google Earth up I was actually able to pinpoint the actual house it had come from! Hint is if you are stupid enough to fire a laser at an aircraft, perhaps think before leaning out your bedroom in the house that's right at the edge of town, on the corner of a junction and clearly identifiable from the air, even in twilight.!!
West Sussex Constabulary promptly turned up and gratefully took the screenshot attachment from me together with statement. Apparently the house was well known by them.
West Sussex Constabulary promptly turned up and gratefully took the screenshot attachment from me together with statement. Apparently the house was well known by them.
A few years back I was targeted with a l@ser when flying an SEP on the approach into EDLP at night; fortunately I had my GoPro recording at the time; this also recorded GPS data available. From the footage, the police were able to identify which building the laser had been aimed from. Unfortunately the building was a residential complex of a number of flats so they couldn't identify the culprit definitively in order to press charges but the Police did advise that they had 'knocked on a few doors' and since then, the reports of lasers targeting aircraft at that location had stopped.
L@$er incident was on departure, The pilot was becoming increasingly challenged so out of an abundance of caution turned round over Paris.
The chance of a ‘successful’ hit and injury caused at or near cruising levels is much reduced compared to low level.
