UPDATE: Laser Injures Delta Pilot in Flight, page 2

Here is an excerp from todays news regarding the Laser hitting the Delta Pilot's eyes and burning his retina. Currently the FBI, TSA, and Joint terrorism Task force are investigating.
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deseretnews.com...
Lasers are readily available to consumers for a variety of purposes, from simple low-powered penlight type pointers used in business presentations to higher-powered devices used for medical, construction or entertainment purposes such as light shows.
Astronomy buffs use lasers when star gazing because the long reach of the beams makes it easier for the human eye to identify features in the night sky, said Ken Warner, a software engineer who is a member of the Salt Lake Astrological Society.
Those lasers are typically red or green. The green models are the brighter and more powerful of the two, with a potential beam reach of up to 25,000 feet, Warner said.
The laser beam seen by the pilots last week was green, officials said.
"One could potentially reach (airline) altitude," Warner said.
Scientific research work is also being done in Utah with the help of high-powered lasers, Utah State University professor Vincent Wickwar said. For nearly a dozen years at USU, a high-powered beam has been measuring the atmospheric temperatures above the university's Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences. A second laser is atop the Space Dynamics Lab at the school, and Wickwar said lasers are in use at the University of Utah and at the Dugway Proving Ground. Wickwar's laser has a vertical-only reach of about 60 miles and wasn't in use when the Delta incident occurred.
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VERY STRANGE

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As XL5 pointed out the 5 mw is the max allowed by the FDA for sale without a special license. The Jasper is a green 5 milli-watts.

"The human eye interprets the color green to be three times brighter than red. So if you had a 5mw red laser beam next to a 5mw green laser beam, the green beam would appear 50 times brighter. "







[edit on 10/2/2004 by infinite8]

There have now been seven instances of lasers shown into cockpits just since Christmas...and the feds are getting nervous about it.

www.iht.com...

Here is a site to buy modified green lasers..wickedlasers.com...
Normal red lasers bought a local stores are 5mw at the above site you can buy up to 60mw lasers.

TRENTON, N.J. - Authorities investigating two incidents in which laser beams were aimed at aircraft flying over northern New Jersey have questioned several people but made no arrests, the FBI (news - web sites) said Saturday.

The pilot of a corporate jet first reported seeing the green lasers on Wednesday as he came in to Teterboro Airport for landing. A police helicopter for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey flew over the area Friday to investigate, and also spotted the lasers.

FBI Special Agent Steve Kodak said Saturday that no one was in custody. A spokesman for the Port Authority said a Parsippany resident was among those questioned.

Federal agents are looking into similar incidents involving lasers and aircraft, including cases in Cleveland, Washington, Houston, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Medford, Ore.
Laser beams

Australia: Green lasers aimed at landing aircraft.

LASER beams have been directed at the cockpit windows of planes landing at a Queensland airport three times in the last month, putting passengers' lives at risk.

Aviation officials believe a strong green laser was aimed at two 18-passenger planes and a 125-seat Jetstar Boeing 717 as they lined up to land at Maroochydore Airport.

Two, including the Jetstar incident, took place in December while the third was reported last week about 22km from the airport as the plane was on a final approach in the evening.

The officials believe the laser could be similar to readily available devices used in the surveying and construction industry.

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