tv helicopters. crews from wnbc and wabc were targeted. the suspects were located in brooklyn and one in new jersey. the faa is investigating. in dallas, three passenger planes were involved in laser incidents. planes were flying between 3,000 and 4,000 feet on approach to dallas field. police in san francisco shot and killed an armed man who climbed to the sixth floor of the construction site with a rifle aimed at a nearby hospital and officers. the suspect had two firearms. one he allegedly robbed from a sporting good store. the man fired at least one around before he was killed. still no word on a motive. strong front hammering the midwest. trees down and homes damaged all
was making his rounds in a unit housing some of the facility s most violent criminals when an inmate approached him from behind and stabbed him more than ten times. the guard is recovering at home. the inmate set now for a mental evaluation. new fears in the skies after the latest string of laser attacks, nearly two dozen in recent weeks. lasers lit up the cockpits in six planes tuesday night as they came in for landing in new york and newark, the nation s busiest air space. and a 23-year-old man was arrested following nine laser incidents in dallas the night before. a laser can actually temporarily blind a pilot. violators could also face prison time. scary moments on a flight from denver to los angeles. as many as six passengers passed out in the rear of the plane. the pilot deployed the oxygen masks and made an emergency landing in grand junction, colorado, about 240 miles from denver. united airlines saying there was nothing wrong with the plane. one passenger became ill, and w
interesting there, we ll see how that comes out with my name. that might be a tough one. the faa is trying to track down whoever is shining lasers into their planes and cockpits. four flights reported being targeted last night in new york and new jersey. it s a federal crime to point a laser at a plane and it s been happening a lot lately. last week at least 11 pilots reported having lasers shined at their planes. tom blank is the former head of tsa security policy. he s now the executive vice president of gephart government affairs. according to the faa, laser incidents have been steadily growing since 2010 and already there have been more than 2700 this year alone. just how dangerous are these lasers to flight ops? it s really a very dangerous situation. and in fact they have been growing really since 9/11 which is when tsa began tracking them not only as safety violations but as security problems. so the agency tsa views them
affecting the aviation industry. that s been the reports that overnight there were five flights that have been targeted or where targeted by lasers in the new york/new jersey area alone. do we know if there s a connection to the 12 such similar incidents reported last week? we don t know. the only thing we know for sure is that it happened around newark airport. put the graphic back up. that number is telling. we ve seen a dramatic spike in the number of laser incidents over the past five to ten years. the fine as you can see, is up to $250,000 20 years in prison. the other graphic was telling. in 2010 we had about 2,800 reports of lasers striking planes. in 2014 it was about 3900. we see about 12 incidents every single day in this country of lasers being pointed at or targeting planes. the trouble is that that green light literally lights up the cockpit. it can blind pilots this is critical especially in the takeoff and landing phase of an
which that they can cause for a flight. because if you blind the pilots even temporarily, certainly they re not going to be at their operate optimum performance. most flights are landed manually. the pilots are at a critical stage. at this point you don t want them to have any visual impairment. you absolutely do no. these lasers can they only reach during periods of takeoff and landing? are there any on the market that can reach when you re traveling at 30,000 feet? well the airplane would be so small, i think it would be very, very unlikely to have something at that altitude. and it wouldn t actually be as critical, but yes, as far as the range of the laser, it can actually go that far. the new powerful lasers are exactly that. they re quite powerful. do we have an idea of who is behind these laser incidents? you know alex that s one of the biggest questions i had. it s inconceivable to me that