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| Britain |
| Laser blinds passenger jet pilot |
| 2008-08-18 |
| The pilot of a passenger jet was blinded by a laser device as the aircraft came in to land at Durham Tees Valley Airport, police said. The jet landed safely after the co-pilot took the controls as the plane made its approach on Sunday night. A Cleveland Police helicopter was also targeted as it searched an area around the airport near Darlington. A police spokesman said a 19-year-old man had been arrested and charged with two counts of endangering an aircraft. A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "The incoming flight was coming in to land at Durham Tees Valley Airport when a laser device was shone into the cockpit. The pilot was temporarily blinded and the co-pilot landed the plane. "When the police helicopter was sent to investigate, it too was targeted by the laser device. Officers on the ground were able to arrest a 19-year-old man, who was outside the airport, and the device recovered." She said there were no reports of injuries. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #19 17 & 18 are Trolls posting under other folks names! |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-08-18 23:24 |
| #18 I want cab fare to the nearest bridge |
| Posted by: Waldemar Crerenter9118 2008-08-18 23:21 |
| #17 eep. |
| Posted by: ima moron 2008-08-18 23:20 |
| #16 Data Analist, see an Asshole Dr. ASAP, your mama is on the |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-08-18 23:15 |
| #15 Well, what about Larry's brother Darrell, and his other brother Darrell? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-18 23:10 |
| #14 Sad. |
| Posted by: Semble Watkins 2008-08-18 22:57 |
| #13 I'm just a sorry loser. Sorry everyone. I'm just going to play Second Life until the Democratic convention and then who knows what... |
| Posted by: Data Ana1ist 2008-08-18 22:54 |
| #12 I never met a white man named darrell so you must be a nigger. fuck you. I DEMAND to be banned again. Lotpig has BANNED me 3 fucking times and i come back again in 3 minutes. fuck him |
| Posted by: Data Analyst 2008-08-18 22:46 |
| #11 I never met a white man named darrell so you must be a nigger. fuck you. I DEMAND to be banned again. Lotpig has BANNED me 3 fucking times and i come back again in 3 minutes. fuck him |
| Posted by: Data Analyst 2008-08-18 22:44 |
| #10 The sinktrap is not banning, Data. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-08-18 21:52 |
| #9 lotta pig banned me for this post. now i am getting even by telling indonesian, malaysian, pakistani student groups that this blog is run by retired intel agents. that's probably bs but you jokers make the claims. see ya wxjames Islam brings a whole new idea to the 'pursuit of happiness'. And, if it weren't so pathetic, this shit would be comical. I'm not sure that drinking bleach can be considered a sex act, but she is now clean and white, just like a virgin. Finally, I'm not 75 yet, but any 16 year old with a little muscle can beat the crap outta any 75 year old. |
| Posted by: w x james 2008-08-18 21:49 |
| #8 $200 or so will buy one over the Net that will illuminate the cockpit and effectively blind a pilot during a landing approach. AND... $ 59.00 will buy you one of these at harbor freight, which can probably be reverse-engineered into a set of goggles sufficient to keep a pilot from getting blinded by a momentary pulse, and show you what you can use as a starting point to use as window protection, at which point hopefully the pilot can still use instruments. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-18 20:55 |
| #7 $200 or so will buy one over the Net that will illuminate the cockpit and effectively blind a pilot during a landing approach. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-18 20:32 |
| #6 No details on the altitude or distance of the plane when it was hit by the laser. From my limited experience with lasers, it seems like it would be difficult for a person to hit the pilot of a moving plane with a laser. Who has access to lasers with sufficient energy to hit the cockpit of a moving aircraft? Laser beams do tend to spread some over distance. |
| Posted by: Bill Shusorong1219 2008-08-18 20:16 |
| #5 The "local demographic" is what made me post this. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-08-18 17:09 |
| #4 We had laser glasses at work when we were putting in ceilings with a laser level. Maybe pilots should start carrying a pair in the cockpit. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye Glomomp4639 2008-08-18 14:11 |
| #3 We've had these incidents in the past. Usually it is some clueless maroon who got a new toy and can't wait to show it off. I'd wait to get more demographic data on the perp before going off. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2008-08-18 13:47 |
| #2 "She said there were no reports of injuries. " There is also no report of the 19 YO name or nationality. Dis-functional soccer hooligan perhaps??? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-08-18 13:46 |
| #1 I can see the time when some brainless idiot will be charged with multiple homicide. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-08-18 13:21 |