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Posted by NikonGuy
 - February 10, 2011, 11:03:34 AM
WoW!!  :o   
Posted by nmcbride
 - February 09, 2011, 07:23:31 AM
Here is the story and video from Fox LA News last night...

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/teen-arrested-for-pointing-laser-at-planes-20110208
Posted by kick Z tail out
 - February 09, 2011, 07:08:37 AM
Quote from: nmcbride on February 08, 2011, 10:40:08 PM
LAPD air and ground responded and the guy hit the LAPD helicopter with the laser.
Wow, what a genius...
Posted by nmcbride
 - February 08, 2011, 10:40:08 PM
Southwest plane coming in to LAX reported laser strikes tonight around 8pm.   LAPD air and ground responded and the guy hit the LAPD helicopter with the laser.    Pilot guided the ground units to a suspect and he was arrested with the laser on him.  61st and Avalon was the area Fox reported.

Arrest was caught on tape by Fox 11 helicopter, which was hit during all this by another idiot with a laser, also caught on tape.   
That guy got away.
Posted by Code20photog
 - December 10, 2010, 08:59:33 PM
5 years sounds just about right. Was before I was working in LA so definitely before 2006.  The days turn into months, turn into years, then you get old and you can't remember what you had for lunch...
Posted by robin990
 - December 10, 2010, 11:30:30 AM
Calstar operates  222 out of Santa Maria , and Mercy does do flights to Ventura.......so it could be recent.

Ken will tell us.
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - December 10, 2010, 07:14:53 AM
Quote from: robin990 on December 09, 2010, 09:29:12 PM
That musta been a years ago as the Oxnard based 222 hasnt been in service for at least 5 years .

  But nice to see the FBI doing something constructive.
 
I just assumed it was the 222.  Ken was this recent or is the past?  Eitherway, cool sting.
Posted by robin990
 - December 09, 2010, 09:29:12 PM
That musta been a years ago as the Oxnard based 222 hasnt been in service for at least 5 years .

  But nice to see the FBI doing something constructive.
 
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - December 09, 2010, 09:18:58 PM
Quote from: GTagami on December 09, 2010, 08:40:18 PM
That's awesome!
That's so cool, so who was he?  Any news on it?  How could you now love the sound and feeling of a Bell 222 low over your house.
Posted by GTagami
 - December 09, 2010, 08:40:18 PM
Quote from: Code20photog on December 09, 2010, 05:24:21 PM
In Thousand Oaks, there was a problem with someone hitting the Mercy Air chopper with a laser each time it was flying back towards Oxnard.

There had been complaints about how low and loud they'd fly, it shakes my parent's house like you wouldn't believe.

One night, the FBI chopper from Mugu decided to follow along, blacked out with the FLIR looking for the suspect. They nailed him first shot. Fun thing, I listened to the whole thing on the scanner, the guy was only 2 streets over from my parents place.

That's awesome!
Posted by Code20photog
 - December 09, 2010, 05:24:21 PM
In Thousand Oaks, there was a problem with someone hitting the Mercy Air chopper with a laser each time it was flying back towards Oxnard.

There had been complaints about how low and loud they'd fly, it shakes my parent's house like you wouldn't believe.

One night, the FBI chopper from Mugu decided to follow along, blacked out with the FLIR looking for the suspect. They nailed him first shot. Fun thing, I listened to the whole thing on the scanner, the guy was only 2 streets over from my parents place.
Posted by GTagami
 - December 09, 2010, 02:25:04 PM
Speak of the devil....

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/laser-hazards-for-pilots-landing-planes-23407336
Posted by Spectre130
 - December 08, 2010, 03:27:33 PM
Flying between Masera Island, Oman and Afghanistan in the early part of Enduring Freedom my pilot was hit twice in three days from the same type of "fishing" boat.  Both times we marked the position but really can you do.  He had to stop flying from the damage to his eye.  Most of the incidents in the US are not the industrial strength lasers but the laser pointers... no matter what, it is not a smart idea to point one at a plane.
Posted by Realbigtaco
 - December 08, 2010, 12:14:38 PM
I can't believe you have good enough aim to hit a plane from the ground
Posted by GTagami
 - December 08, 2010, 09:14:44 AM
I heard a United pilot report two laser strikes from two different locations while on approach to LAX this morning. I can't believe how stupid people are sometimes.  >:D