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Man jailed for shining laser at landing plane
BELFAST TELEGRAPH.co.uk ^ | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | n/a

Posted on 05/28/2009 8:02:09 PM PDT by Cindy

A man was jailed today for shining a laser at a passenger plane preparing to land.

Hossein Hosseiny briefly illuminated the cockpit of the Dublin to Cardiff aircraft which was carrying 52 people on board on the evening of March 8.

The pilot said the actions of the 21-year-old father-to-be from the Countisbury Avenue area of Llanrumney, Cardiff, caused a "momentary loss of concentration" during his approach to the runway due to a "dazzling green light".

The incident was reported immediately by the pilot to air traffic control and Hosseiny, a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan, was arrested soon after in the nearby Porthkerry Park area of Barry.

Prosecutor David Thomas told Cardiff Crown Court that, during a search, officers found Hosseiny in a car intoxicated with a friend. Cannabis was also found in the vehicle which Hosseiny later admitted supplying to his friend.

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; afghanistan; airport; barry; cardiff; countisburyave; dublin; hosseiny; hossseinhosseiny; illicitdrugs; ireland; laser; llanrumney; plane; porthkerrypark; southwales; swindon; tm; wales
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1 posted on 05/28/2009 8:02:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Some people just need the crap beat out of them.


2 posted on 05/28/2009 8:06:29 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Cindy

I hope this MORAN gets the maximum allowable sentence.


3 posted on 05/28/2009 8:07:34 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Talisker

Gitmo ‘im!


4 posted on 05/28/2009 8:07:43 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Cindy

“the 21-year-old father-to-be”

and this is relevant because...???


5 posted on 05/28/2009 8:08:07 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Cindy
Tattoo "Mohammed Sucks" on his back and drop him back in Afghanistan.
6 posted on 05/28/2009 8:09:48 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Cindy

Thanks for the post.


7 posted on 05/28/2009 8:09:52 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: PetroniusMaximus

........because there is gonna be another one just like him!!


8 posted on 05/28/2009 8:10:42 PM PDT by SootyFoot2
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To: Cindy

Folks in pubs in the North get real nervous when they see a laser dot on their shirt from across the street....

;-)


9 posted on 05/28/2009 8:11:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Jet Jaguar

You’re welcome Jet Jaguar.


10 posted on 05/28/2009 8:13:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

You betcha.


11 posted on 05/28/2009 8:14:04 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Interesting name. When will those prankster Afghan Mormons quit acting up?


12 posted on 05/28/2009 8:20:06 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Cindy

Ever see 50 people dive for the floor at the same time??

I’m sitting there with my Harp in hand going...”What?...What?....”

;-)


13 posted on 05/28/2009 8:22:10 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: PetroniusMaximus

That is usually a set up phrase that comes before “family and friends said he was recently getting his life in order” BS that is spouted about jerks.


14 posted on 05/28/2009 8:27:54 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support & pray for our Troops; they serve us every day. Veterans are heroes not terrorists!)
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To: Cindy
He has a sentence of six months only and four months for the cannabis he was smoking. He has 79 days in custody to be deducted. He is one lucky stiff. They must deport him. Next time luck and coolness may not be with all pilots.

The only other thing that sparked my interest was the name of the suburb Llanrumney, where the man lives. For once in time, it was the verdant pasture and countryside. Home of the greatest pirate of them all. Sir Henry Morgan. His estate in Jamaica was called Llanrumney.

What they would have done to this joker in 1649. The kind of joker who would have thrown a light into the ships powder magazine. (Chuckle).

15 posted on 05/28/2009 8:32:08 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: Myrddin

You’re too nice. Tattoo it on his forehead and cheeks.


16 posted on 05/28/2009 8:40:18 PM PDT by meatloaf (Obama, Obozo ... what's the difference?)
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To: Cindy

This was in a Tom Clancy novel.....


17 posted on 05/28/2009 8:43:32 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Prayers Up! It's our last defense!)
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To: meatloaf
"Tattoo it on his forehead and cheeks."

Tatoo it on his butt if you want a muzzie to notice it...

18 posted on 05/28/2009 8:44:08 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Peter Libra
Whoops! my bad. He got the four months for endangering the aircraft and six months for supplying drugs.

I cannot believe it- well hardly.

19 posted on 05/28/2009 8:44:15 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: Cindy
Hosseiny, a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan...

And there it is.
20 posted on 05/28/2009 8:57:33 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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