[Calpernia]

I think I'm having trouble visualizing how the lazer would be pointed at the cockpit and hit the pilots.

Wouldn't you have to be up higher than the plane?

[freeperfromnj]

Probably not likely since this was a take off.

[Alberta's Child]

These lasers probably weren't pointed directly in the pilot's line of sight, but upward from the side as the planes passed by.

[nw_arizona_granny]

I think I'm having trouble visualizing how the laser would be pointed at
the cockpit and hit the pilots.

Wouldn't you have to be up higher than the plane?

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The plane didn't get off the ground, so a nearby overpass,
possibly even the cab of a semi truck, or the roof of a house, would make it very easy.

I have read reports that suggested the many hazardous semi
trucks that are crashing on that one main highway (is it I-95?), maybe lasers that have been shined in the drivers
eyes from an overpass.

You wouldn't instantly go blind, there could be several
seconds before you started to fight it.

When my eyes go black, I will find myself still typing or even still clicking the mouse, before I become aware that
I cannot see the screen.

A good driver, on a straight road or runway, would cover
quite a distance, before it would dawn on him to stop.

From the sound of the reports, the fools with lasers have
been on the ground, I assume, aiming at a spot and waiting for the pilot to fly into the beam.

According to the Gov reports, we are talking about a large number, up to 100 reported incidents.