Unfortunately for him. He will sentenced for 90 days in Maricopa County Jail to pointing the laser at 2 commercial aircraft. He won't do it again. He will accepted apologize to FAA & the pilots, too. He will pay fined from FAA.
At the speed a plane flies, it should be in and out of a laser beam within fractions of a second, hardly enough time to even notice that there's a laser, let alone pinpoint where it is coming from. That guy had to have intentionally pointed it at the airplanes.
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This has been happening more and more lately. Frankly its dangerous and could kill people if the pilots blinded.
In the Dallas / Fort Worth area several air medical helicopters have been spotlighted by lasers in the past 6 months. Even worse with patients onboard in two incidents. No fatalities resulted but caused emergency landings. The offenders were tracked down and are facing a litney of charges but unless there made a example of in public it wont do any good.
Right, they don't allowed to used the laser. it will hurts the eyes. It will completely blind.
There is a wide range of laser safety classes, depending on wavelength and power. Not all lasers will produce long-term injury. The risk from shining in a cockpit can be as much from disorientation and temporary loss of night vision as out-and-out damage to the eye.
