ABC Chicago is reporting that a laser was trained on a plane bound for Chicago from Nashville yesterday:
January 3, 2005 — Investigators are looking into another incident of a laser pointed at a commercial airplane. The latest involved a United flight headed for Chicago.
The flight landed safely at O’Hare airport, but shortly after it took off from Nashville international airport, the pilots reported seeing a green laser.
The plane was a United Airlines regional jet with about 30 people on board.
Passengers say they didn’t notice anything different.
This is the latest in a string of incidents across the country. Laser beams can temporarily blind or disorient pilots, possibly even causing the plane to crash.
Clayton Cramer, SgtStryker, and others have observed that these incidents may have been target acquisition exercises.
