Several People Questioned Over Laser Beams [View All]

[DoYouEverWonder]

January 2, 2005

TRENTON, N.J. -- Authorities investigating two incidents in which laser beams were aimed at aircraft flying over northern New Jersey have questioned several people but made no arrests, the FBI said Saturday.

The pilot of a corporate jet first reported seeing the green lasers on Wednesday as he came in to Teterboro Airport for landing. A police helicopter for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey flew over the area Friday to investigate, and also spotted the lasers.

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Laser beams can temporarily blind or disorient pilots and possibly cause a plane to crash.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-laser-beam-aircraft,0,3536007.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

"Laser beams can temporarily blind or disorient pilots and possibly cause a plane to crash." IMHO, this statement is such a crook. Tell me anyone on the ground could aim a beam into someones eyes when they are flying overhead in a plane going 100's of mph? Physically it is just not possible.