Seven Laser Incidents Reported at Airports
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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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At least five pairs of planes came closer than federal aviation standards allow during Tuesday&#39;s failure of a critical air-traffic control communications system covering the southwestern United States, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration
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A spokesman said part of Los Angeles International Airport was shut down amid security concerns. Airport officials said terminals 6, 7 and 8 were closed following an incident when a person went up the exit
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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 -- Terrorists may seek to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches, federal officials are warning in a bulletin distributed nationwide.
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Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport.
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The revised checkpoint rules announced last week by American, Canadian and European authorities for airports were the result of extensive testing, officials said.
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Officials with airline pilots unions say the government should be doing more to alert them to incidents involving lasers and to provide guidance about how best to protect themselves against beams that can blind.
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A computerized air traffic system experienced a temporary outage in South Florida, forcing controllers to ground some flights and resulting in at least four instances in which planes almost came too close together, officials said Tuesday.
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The FBI is examining a series of incidents in which lasers have been shone into the cockpits of aircraft.
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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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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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Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced changes Wednesday to the way pilots report lasers being beamed at airplanes &#151; a response to a rash of such incidents in recent weeks.
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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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Parts of Los Angeles international airport are temporarily closed down amid reports of a security breach.
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The defense sector is busy with work on solid-state lasers that could shoot artillery shells out of the sky.