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When the light from a 300mw green laser fills the pilot's view it blinds them and they have that after image burned in, like you do when you look right at a light bulb and then look away. The laser light can cause permanent eye damage, and since the air crafts fly so low there's a real risk they could crash right into a neighborhood.
Last month detectives arrested Christopher Davis and Juliana Lampe after they say the pair confessed to shining a green 1000mw Laser Pointer at a Hillsborough County Sheriff's helicopter crew from their front porch. They're accused of temporarily blinding the sheriff's crew with a green laser pointer.
50mw Green Laser Pointer pen attacks on pilots landing at Birmingham airport have almost trebled in a year.Pilots at Birmingham Airport are facing an average of more than one laser-pointer attack every week.New figures from the Civil Aviation Authority reveal there were 18 attacks at or near Birmingham airport in the first three months of 2015, an average of nearly three every fortnight.
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said: “Shining a 50mw Laser Pointer Pen at an aircraft in flight is a serious risk to the safety of passengers and crew, as well as people living close to airports.
“During critical phases of flight, such as take-off and landing, pilots need to employ maximum concentration.“Being dazzled and temporarily blinded by an intense light could potentially lead to flight crew losing control of the aircraft.“Pointing a laser at an aircraft is now a specific criminal offence and the police are becoming very good at catching the perpetrators.
“We strongly urge anyone who observes a laser being used at night in the vicinity of an airport to contact the police immediately.We have also noticed an alarming trend in people purchasing laser pointer pens either online where they are readily available or overseas.”
Laser pointers are can easily be bought on trading websites like Gumtree for as little as £4.
http://www.buylaserpointer.com/blue-laser/p-136.html
