FBI investigates laser beams directed into aircraft cockpits
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has started investigation into seven incidents in which laser beams were directed into plane cockpits since Christmas, media reports here said Thursday.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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Federal investigators Thursday tried to determine whether it was ice on the wings that caused a corporate jet to careen across a highway and slam into a warehouse.
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Federal authorities Tuesday used the Patriot Act to charge a man with pointing a laser beam at an airplane overhead and temporarily blinding the pilot and co-pilot.
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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 said Saturday.
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Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport.
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After a rash of incidents in  which lasers flashed aircraft 31 times in the last 10 days,  Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta on Wednesday promised a  crackdown to prevent "careless people, making stupid choices"  from putting fliers at risk.
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The Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) team fired a laser beam for the first time using the flight laser modules in the ABL System Integration Lab at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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Authorities are investigating a pilot&#39;s claim that three green laser beams shone into his cockpit as he approached Teterboro Airport late Wednesday.
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Security at Logan International Airport, praised for its overhaul after Sept. 11, 2001, has come under fire for a technique that allows police to stop and question people they believe are behaving suspiciously.
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The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of six commercial airliners since Christmas.
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Up to three American Airlines jets will be outfitted this spring with laser technology being developed to protect planes from missiles fired by terrorists.
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The FBI is investigating whether someone intentionally punched small holes in the bellies of two US Airways airliners.
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Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons.
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Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a laser beam was aimed at a jet after it left Nashville International Airport bound for Chicago.
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Investigators looking into the events surrounding the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko found traces of radiation on two British Airways aircraft.
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Sky Harbor International Airport became the country's first to begin testing a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons.