[Menehune56]

I didn't see any indication this story had been posted on FR. It reminded me of TWA flight 800 that went down around off Long Island back in 1996.

[choctaw man]

Could the religion of peace have a hand in this????

[mlizzy]

Here's the link to the story.

[ml/nj]

These laser-in-the-eyes-of-a-pilot strike me as BS. Pilots are focused on the numbers on the runway if they can see the runway at all. Planes are approaching the runway at about 150 MPH, and have pretty poor to nonexistent visibility forward and down. Aiming a small dot from the ground that might ever do anything other than be a millisecond flash into a cockpit, let alone a pilots eye's, just isn't possible without some sort of sophisticated computer tracking and control system.

ML/NJ

[PackerBoy]

I am always surprised when they catch these a-holes. I figure it must be observant neighbors who turn them in.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Laser strikes on a civilian transport!

Rebel Scum!

When will The Emperor order Tarkin to destroy Alderan and rid us of these pests?

[screaminsunshine]

Just a playful Jihadist having a little fun.

[Bobalu]

200mw green laser pens sell for about 40.00

You are not supposed to be able to buy them in the US but people probably still obtain them.

These are very dangerous and not to be confused with 5mw green lasers. They can cause instant vision damage if an idiot looks directly at the beam.

Pointed at a cockpit a few miles away the spread out light beam would be very powerful.

[A.A. Cunningham]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/laser_strike_on_jfk_inbound_jet_BDzIELszJEYuUr8wSouotO