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Title: Laser pens 'threaten Gatwick passenger safety'
Post by: mhm on January 08, 2013, 10:16:14 AM

Hundreds of lives are being put at risk by people shining laser pens in the eyes of pilots flying from Gatwick Airport, says a Sussex MP.

Henry Smith, the Tory MP for Crawley, said the government should consider classing the pens as offensive weapons.

He said: "[The pens] can potentially endanger hundreds of lives in the air and on the ground."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20942832

About time the courts gave very long sentances.

Title: Re: Laser pens 'threaten Gatwick passenger safety'
Post by: viking9 on January 08, 2013, 01:32:00 PM

Quote from: mhm on January 08, 2013, 10:16:14 AM
About time the courts gave very long sentances.

I totally agree - preferably the same as if they put a bomb on board an aircraft.

Title: Re: Laser pens 'threaten Gatwick passenger safety'
Post by: mhm on January 08, 2013, 01:50:56 PM

They should be banned from being bought in the UK, any caught using one to spend 20 years hard labour

Radarspotting

Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on January 08, 2013, 10:16:14 AM