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- Suspected Drone Hits Plane During Heathrow Landing
From AFP: London (AFP) - A British Airways plane struck an object believed to be a drone on Sunday as it was coming in for landing at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, police said. An investigation has been launched into the incident,...
- Fighter Jets Scramble Following Threats To Planes
Yesterday, I was in Long Beach, CA and I watched 8 straight C-17's scramble out of Long Beach Airport, and veer out towards LAX. EIGHT! That was not reported in the news. But these today, out of the New York City area are making the news. Good. ...
- Fbi Investigating Following Recent Laser Attacks On Pilots
Recent Incidents Bring Total Number Of Attacks At LaGuardia To 54 This Year From the New York Post: NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The FBI has assigned its Joint Terrorism Task Force to lead its probe of laser attacks on the cockpits of two planes approaching...
- New Tactic? - Fake Air Traffic Calls
From the Telegraph and Argus: Radio hoaxers putting lives at risk with fake air traffic calls at Leeds Bradford Airport Pirate broadcasters have been risking lives by posing as air crew and sending bogus messages to air traffic controllers at Leeds-Bradford...
- More Airline Incidents Involving Jihadists
CLOGGING THE INTELLIGENCE PIPELINE? Amsterdam Flight Diverted After Bomb Threat AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was diverted to Ireland on Wednesday after a passenger made a bomb threat during the flight....
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Drone fires lasers at 4 aircraft in 30 minute span at JFK Airport & LaGuardia
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Reuters/Tim Wimborne The Federal Aviation Administration says that four commercial airplanes were struck by a green laser while in the sky on Thursday evening outside New York City.
No injuries were reported, the FAA said, but federal officials consider illuminating an aircraft to be a serious crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a hefty $250,000 fine.
The four planes—American 185, Shuttle America 4213, Delta 2292 and Delta 2631—were each around 8,000 feet off the ground on Thursday evening when they were hit while traveling over Long Island.
The incidents all occurred between 9:30pm and 10:00pm, and at least two of the planes were leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to the Associated Press.
A local CBS News affiliate obtained audio from an exchange between air traffic controllers and one of the pilots affected: />“Looks like some lasers coming outside now,” the pilot said, adding later that “it is lighting up the inside of the windshield.”
A provision tacked on to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 makes it illegal to aim a laser pointer at an aircraft.
- Suspected Drone Hits Plane During Heathrow Landing
From AFP: London (AFP) - A British Airways plane struck an object believed to be a drone on Sunday as it was coming in for landing at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, police said. An investigation has been launched into the incident,...
- Fighter Jets Scramble Following Threats To Planes
Yesterday, I was in Long Beach, CA and I watched 8 straight C-17's scramble out of Long Beach Airport, and veer out towards LAX. EIGHT! That was not reported in the news. But these today, out of the New York City area are making the news. Good. ...
- Fbi Investigating Following Recent Laser Attacks On Pilots
Recent Incidents Bring Total Number Of Attacks At LaGuardia To 54 This Year From the New York Post: NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The FBI has assigned its Joint Terrorism Task Force to lead its probe of laser attacks on the cockpits of two planes approaching...
- New Tactic? - Fake Air Traffic Calls
From the Telegraph and Argus: Radio hoaxers putting lives at risk with fake air traffic calls at Leeds Bradford Airport Pirate broadcasters have been risking lives by posing as air crew and sending bogus messages to air traffic controllers at Leeds-Bradford...
- More Airline Incidents Involving Jihadists
CLOGGING THE INTELLIGENCE PIPELINE? Amsterdam Flight Diverted After Bomb Threat AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was diverted to Ireland on Wednesday after a passenger made a bomb threat during the flight....