FBI Probes More Lasers Shot at Airplanes
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At least a dozen cases of lasers being beamed into aircraft cockpits since Christmas are being investigated by the FBI.
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MONTROSE - The performance of a small jet that crashed and burned on takeoff Sunday morning at the Montrose Regional Airport, injuring NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol killing three others including his son, will be probed, a federal investigator said
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Lasers mark dates on boxes of butter. They cut gems and engrave vehicle identification numbers into cars. They are the key components in compact disc and DVD players. Like so much in the high-tech world, they keep getting cheaper and more powerful. And with at least eight reports in recent weeks of lasers pointed at aircraft cockpits as they approached for landing, their ubiquity could pose a problem for aviation.
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Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2004 - Aviation authorities are investigating the latest in a string of incidents in which laser beams have been directed into the cockpits of commercial jets while in flight.
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Airport and transit authorities responded to an FBI report of a possible terrorist attack against Boston by boosting security &#151; adding patrols, activating radiation detectors and posting pictures of some of the suspects.
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sakshale writes &quot;In an earlier discussion about Laser Pistols, many people argued about the concept of using them to target pilots of airliners.
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A man who initially claimed his daughter aimed a laser at a helicopter was charged after he told federal agents that he pointed the light beam at two aircraft, authorities said Tuesday.
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To defend against future attacks, airports may soon get new tools to help ID hidden explosives
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Russian investigators labored yesterday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading
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In a step toward creation of a weapon to shoot down ballistic missiles, a laser designed to be mounted in a jet was test-fired for the first time at Edwards Air Force Base.
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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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The pilotless planes use devices designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity that are not accessible by satellites, officials say.
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BUCHALKI, Russia - Russian investigators labored Wednesday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties about a possible bloody escalation of the Chechen conflict.    Officials stressed that no evidence of a terrorist attack had yet been found among charred wreckage and said they were looking at other possibilities like bad fuel, equipment malfunction and human error...
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MOSCOW -- Investigators searched through heaps of mangled bodies and metal strewn over dozens of miles of fields and birch groves in two Russian regions yesterday to try to determine why two passenger jets crashed almost simultaneously.
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A day after the discovery of radiation on some British Airways jets, more is found at sites around Britain -- and another Kremlin critic is said to have been poisoned
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Fort Wayne, Aug. 17 - The FBI is investigating a situation in Fort Wayne that closed the airport there Wednesday morning.