Rogue Laser News Today

Youre going to need a $5 gadget from a novelty store and do something really stupid with it. the laser pointers we hear so much about. sorry for sounding like a bit of a mom here. those things are not toys. if you shine one in the wrong direction, i dont know, say at an airplane thats in flight, the police and the fbi would like to have a word with you. correct that. stern word with with you. the faa says this happens almost 4,000 times just in the last year. somebody shining a laser beam at pla...

Commercial passenger planes struck with this blinding green laser. it happened at the most critical point of flight. takeoff and landing. the flights were not very far from jfk, flying over long island when multiple pilots alerted controllers. take a listen. >> i thought it was a rogue laser, but they were definitely aiming for us a couple of times. ive had two aircraft fly over where you are, got struck bay green laser. >> 185, you see any green, be careful. a green laser might be in your vicin...

Aircraft was struck. >> i thought it was just a rogue laser. they were aiming for us a couple times. we saw it a couple times into the cockpit. >> you see the green laser might be in your vicinity right now. >> american 185 we just had a laser strike left side. >> reporter: imagine this. imagine youre in a car, its pitch black and a camera flash goes off. thats what its like in the cockpit and consequences could be deadly. the lasers can even cause damage to the pilots eyes and in some cases pil...