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Old 12-10-2004, 11:58 AM   #1
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Might terrorists use laser beams on pilots?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6691826/

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In September a pilot for Delta Air Lines reported an eye injury from a laser beam shone into the cockpit during a landing approach in Salt Lake City. The incident occurred about 5 miles from the airport. The plane landed safely.

FBI and other federal officials are investigating. It is not clear if a crime was committed or if the laser was directed into the cockpit by accident.

Steve Luckey, a retired airline pilot who is chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association’s national security committee, said pilots are concerned about a recent increase in laser incidents, but do not know what to make of them. He said he has learned of two or three cases in the past 90 days.

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Old 12-10-2004, 01:35 PM   #2
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Right out of Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor, where Clark and Ding used hi-powered light beams to down Japanese AWACs planes on landing.
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Old 12-10-2004, 01:56 PM   #3
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I almost wish Clancy would not be so openly imaginative. I wonder if the 9/11 hijackers got some inspiration from the Japanese pilot doing a kamikaze number on the Capitol buildling.
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Old 12-10-2004, 02:33 PM   #4
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what about sharks with lazer beams?

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Old 12-10-2004, 02:51 PM   #5
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Old 12-10-2004, 02:53 PM   #6
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friggin terrorists... they're so annoying
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Old 12-11-2004, 02:05 PM   #7
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That's what I thought too. There has been too much #^&#^&#^&#^& that can be pulled out of Clancy that you wonder if what's left is what's next . Something to definitely keep an eye on the news for but might be a little harder than the fiction version?


Though sharks with lazerbeams was what I thought when I first posted this

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