Laser flash on pilots: Cops to seek expert help

Chennai: The airport police would be enlisting the help of experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, to probe the nature and source of the mysterious “green laser beams” that were flashed at the captains of three aircraft as they were about to land at Meenambakkam recently.
Sources said, three Jet Airways flights from Mumbai, Madurai and Brussels landed at the airport between 11.39 pm and 11.45 pm on June 14. As the planes were approaching the runway at a height of about 1,500 feet, the captains of all the three aircraft saw a “green laser beam” flashed at them from their left side.
After landing, the three captains, all foreign nationals, lodged a plaint with the ATC authorities here. A letter was then sent to the DGP on? whose directive, suburban CoP Karan Singha ordered the airport cops to probe the matter, said sources. However, a? senior police official rued the fact that the complaint was received only two days after the incident.
23/06/11 New Indian Express/IBN Live

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Categories: Airports Jun 2011, Jet Airways Jun 2011, Safety Jun 2011