Police probe lasers aimed at Sea-Tac planes

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Pilots reported seeing the lasers coming from the areas of Wilkeson and Carbonado in Pierce County.

The incidents happened Monday night to planes heading in and out of Sea-Tac. Five planes, four of them belonging to Alaska Airlines, were illuminated by a laser on the ground. Pilots reported the incidents to air traffic controllers, who in turn called the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept.

"We got some coordinates from the FAA, where they thought the lasers were coming from, we put numerous deputies in the area, checked roads and logging roads and didn't come up with anything," said Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. "We did however have contact with some motorists who stated that they were hit by a laser beam, by a car heading down the road."

Deputies concentrated their search near the Carbonado area, that is under one of the flight paths in and out of Sea-Tac.



Four Alaska Airlines planes were illuminated by a laser on the ground.
Consumer lasers have been around for years, especially the small ones that emit red light and are often used as pointers or as measuring tools. But what worries the airlines and the FAA, is the explosion in sales of new, more powerful lasers that emit green light. The green beam can travel for several miles. The light can distract a pilot, even cause temporary blindness, much like having a flash bulb go off.

The green lasers are commonly used by astronomers to point out planets. They used to cost several hundred dollars but more recently they became available for about $50 on the Internet.

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The number of reported incidents has also increased, in part because the FAA has issued guidelines for pilots to report such incidents, and to warn other aircraft in the area that somebody is targeting airplanes.
 
more and more the media write about it, more and more people want to go out and try it....

(when i say people i talk about Childs)


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I heard about this yesterday on the channel 13 news. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif
 
Sometimes human nature is disgusting.
How often do we see a few jerks ruining it all for the others?
Too often IMHO.
bernhard
 
These kind of posts really arent necessary here at all imo.

Doesn't add anything to the forums as far as useful info.

Do people at say a Car and Driver forum talk about every traffic violation that occurs in the last week?
 
Darklight ... drivers don't risk that cars might be banned from public usage and trade. It is always good to be informed and stay on top of current events, otherwise thing might kick you in the back eventually ... especially if the word "terrorism" is associated with the stuff you are using.
bernhard

P.S.: if you don't like it, don't read it.
 
My point is papers dont publish suicides because they dont want copycats.

Publishing this only leads to copycats I think..
 
Oh man, what will they think of next? :cornfused:

Here's a small snippet from that web page - highlighting mine:

Fans of the pocket searchlights are also quick to draw a distinction between red lasers, typically used by teachers in a classroom lecture setting, and the green lasers used by homosexuals and terrorists.


I use a green laser...does that make me a homosexual just because of that reason? :cornfused:
 
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PhotonWrangler...you do realize that website is a joke. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/clap.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nana.gif
 
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PhotonWrangler...you do realize that website is a joke. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/clap.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nana.gif

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I do now! Just checked a couple of their other "stories"...
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...and I'm relieved to see that this was a fake. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mpr.gif Especially since I have many friends who fly the rainbow flag.
 
Hmmm. i better get that straight or Gay DNA test kit advertised on that page to make sure......

I must be a homosexual school teacher, cause i have a red and green lasers.

I've got it!!!!!! thats why they would like to ban green lasers, to change the gays into straights!
 
But seriously, in my opinion i don't think we should "Ignore" news articles regarding the dotting of planes etc, considering it concerns all of us here. People will be exposed more to these articles by the media than by comming to CPF.

I rather the public see how concerned the "real" laser communty is by these constant attrorcities.
 
They don't publish ANY stories Ever about conterfeiters but they catch 600 or more per year. I guess they don't want to inspire any "Copycats". As long as an idiot can easily get hold of a tool, there will be problems. Ask some of the fools doing 20 years for abusing a copy machine. It just doesn't make the news like a LASER item.

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An Arc lamp is the Spark that takes away the Dark--

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tomw9sx/slideshow?&.dir=/c6ab&.src=ph
 
I saw on the TV news a short time ago that they arrested somebody in Lakewood WA. regarding one of these jet lasings, and they showed a GREEN laser pointer (looked like a Leadlight) on the news teaser.
I guess the guy was a {vulgar term for a homosexual male; archaic term for a bundle of sticks}. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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