For his dangerous manoeuvres of aiming a laser at a Delta Airlines aircraft, 43-year-old Nicholas James Link of Rochester city in the US state of Minnesota is sentenced to two years in prison, as per a press release by the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Wisconsin.
The incident happened on the night of 29 October 2021. Pilots with Delta Air Lines reported to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) that they had just been struck by a laser.