Posted
2/09/2005 04:29:00 PM
by Douglas
I wish someone would answer this question: Why in the hell would anyone point a laser at an
airplane?An investigation is under way after an American Airlines captain reported that a laser beam hit his jet as it approached Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
"The captain, who actually was not flying the approach -- the first officer was flying the approach -- but the captain personally did see the laser for a second or two," Gregg Overman, a member of the Allied Pilots Association, told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KXAS on Tuesday.
I can't imagine it being that big of a deal to the pilots, but then again I can't figure out why on earth anyone would do it in the first place. What's going on here?