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Jetliner. >> reporter: yeah, meanwhile, the faa tells us three aircraft were targeted by lasers in dallas overnight. two commercial jets and a private business jet as well. listen, you know, these lasers can cause temporary blindness or even permanent eye damage. the penalty for targeting somebody with a laser is up to 20 years in prison and a quarter million-dollar fine. jose? >> tom costello, thank you very much. and now to through developments from the midwest where 50 million people are facing dangerous wind storms from an intense weather system being called a november witch. check out t...

A plane at night and it causes this scenario in which the pilots become concerned they could be temporarily blinded. we have seen a dramatic increase. more than 1100% increase in instances over the last ten years. that despite the faa and the ib if really coming down hard on this. the fine is a quarter million dollar fine and up to 20 years in prison if you are found guilty of shining a laser at a plane. but, andrea, almost always this is some knucklehead, to be candid usually a young man, teen to early 20s, sitting in his backyard and pointing thinks it's a good idea to point a laser up on a ...

Doesn't close, so i suffered some unnecessary, you know, eye damage, like a scratch on my cornea because i had to wait till the next day to go and before i started taking medication, so it was just not a good thing, and it's, yeah. >> it's unimaginable. i want to let the audience know the fire chief, kenneth ellerby, says that any instance where a patient feels uncomfortable by the presence of our members who are sworn to protect them is unacceptable. we also know that the union president representing the civilian ems provider said the emts on the basic unit in order to gain position asked the...

The lives of anyplace who flies at risk. we're talking about people aiming lasers at planes that are taking off or landing. and it can tale blind pilots. renee marsh has more for you. >> reporter: in the latest incident a pilot of jet blue said he had to shield his eyes in order to land his plane monday. it's become such a problem, that doctors are kevined. >> it bothers me because of the safety factor to start with. that someone is doing this to a pilot and the potential for all of those people on the plane. it bothers me from a personal level because i know the guy. >> the pilot is suffering...

We're talking about laser lights blasting pilots in cockpits midflight with passengers on board. it's a dangerous distraction. so who's behind it? in every case, it's exactly what investigators want to know. in the latest incident, the pilot of a jetblue airliner says he had to shield his eyes in order to land his plane monday at a florida airport all because of another case involving laser lights. it's become such a problem that doctors are concerned. >> it bothers me because of the safety factor to start with, that someone is doing this to a pilot and the potential for all those people on th...