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Laser Strikes At An All Time High With No Signs Of Decreasing
New numbers from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) show that incidents of people striking aircraft with blinding lasers are on track for a new record this year. The number of reported laser strikes climbed to 9,700 in 2021 from 6,852 in 2020, that’s a 41 percent rise and these numbers show no sign of decreasing, in Q1 2021 the FAA reported it had received 1,944 reports of laser strikes, in Q1 2022 it jumped to 2,275. Of those 9,700 reports in 2021... (www.aviationweekly.org) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Am so over this crap its just like the drone deal and anyone who does the crime needs to do the hard time. Just like fake radio calls and possibly interference with aircraft radios and such one day those actions will kill aircraft passengers.
These criminals will continue to assault pilots as long as they can get away with it. Hopefully, there will be better ways developed to find them.
Anyone have data on which windows the most laser strikes come through? Front seems to be less affected than side windows in a turn? Wonder if a mirror coating (like the sunglasses) on the side windows would reflect/deflect a projected beam away?
Massive fines and MANDATORY JAIL TIME with NO exceptions would be a beginning to the end.
Plus, put them on a national No Fly List for at least a year.
You call that justice? Nothing less than life in the federal prison in Colorado.