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23/10/2008
Investigation Launched After Laser Dazzles Pilots
Lothian and Borders Police have launched an investigation after two pilots were dazzled by a green laser while landing in Edinburgh.
At around 9.30 pm on Tuesday the captain of a cargo plane which took-off from Aberdeen was landing manually in Edinburgh when a green laser was aimed at the plane causing the pilot to drop the aircraft by 400ft.
Then, at approximately 10pm, a laser was aimed an Easyjet airbus which was travelling from Stanstead.
Both planes landed safety.
A spokesman from Lothian and Borders Police said: "Police are investigating an incident that happened at about 2200 BST on Tuesday night, where a laser light was shone at two aircraft as they approached Edinburgh Airport.
"The light, which was thought to have emanated from the Leith area of Edinburgh, dazzled the pilot of one of the aircraft, which was a cargo plane."
This is the sixth incident in recent months.
A spokesman from the Civil Aviation Authority said he was "concerned": "It can be dangerous especially when a pilot is landing.
"This is not the first incidence of this in the UK. In fact its not just subject to the UK, this has been happening to pilots in all different parts of the world."
See: Laser Pen Blinds Pilot
(GK)
At around 9.30 pm on Tuesday the captain of a cargo plane which took-off from Aberdeen was landing manually in Edinburgh when a green laser was aimed at the plane causing the pilot to drop the aircraft by 400ft.
Then, at approximately 10pm, a laser was aimed an Easyjet airbus which was travelling from Stanstead.
Both planes landed safety.
A spokesman from Lothian and Borders Police said: "Police are investigating an incident that happened at about 2200 BST on Tuesday night, where a laser light was shone at two aircraft as they approached Edinburgh Airport.
"The light, which was thought to have emanated from the Leith area of Edinburgh, dazzled the pilot of one of the aircraft, which was a cargo plane."
This is the sixth incident in recent months.
A spokesman from the Civil Aviation Authority said he was "concerned": "It can be dangerous especially when a pilot is landing.
"This is not the first incidence of this in the UK. In fact its not just subject to the UK, this has been happening to pilots in all different parts of the world."
See: Laser Pen Blinds Pilot
(GK)
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