Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150719:17:45:00
Crucial moments of a flight. here are some recent incidents. >> we've got a green laser shooting off the left wing about a mile out. >> 10:00. >> laser at 10:00. >> i just saw it out of the corner of my eye. a few times it lit up the -- hit the top of our cockpit. >> joining me now, retired pilot and aviation analyst john cox. john, what is laysing? and why is it on the rise and the consequences are so severe? >> well alex lasing is when someone points a laser, extremely powerful at a commercial airliner. and in so doing potentially blinds the pilots. so the problem is these lasers particularl...
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