Sun Country Airlines 737 Cockpit Hit by Laser Landing at JFK
Sun Country Boeing 737
The cockpit of a Sun Country Boeing 737 was hit by a laser beam while landing at JFK Airport last Tuesday night.
‘According to reports, a laser beam was pointed into the cockpit of Sun Country Airlines Flight 8800 at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The flight, which had departed from Reykjavik, Iceland, had planned a layover at JFK on its way to Minneapolis.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, landed at JFK at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday, according to Newsday. Cockpit flight staff reported being hit with the laser, but nobody on the flight required medical treatment.’
The FAA and the FBI are investigating the incidents, but so far have no one in custody.
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Unbeknownst to many, this is a HUGE issue for aircraft. Those little laser pointers we use during presentations may emit a seemingly small dot at short distances, but at nighttime and when pointed at a plane at 10k feet, that beam can be as wide as an aircraft! The light can enter a cockpit and literally blind the pilots. Hard to believe, but it’s true. I was listening to ATC at my local airport about a year ago when a pilot reported a laser entering his cockpit. Here is the ATC recording of the incident i was listening to, when someone did this to a Southwest 737 at PVD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYvcxmLukpc
I hope the culprit is captured and found guilty of terrorism.