laser pointers and pilots

Red laser pen have been around for years but there are more powerful handheld green lasers on the market these days used by the military and some occupations.
Some people even use them to point out stars.green beam laser pointer pen After several incidents of people green beam laser pointer pen shining lasers into aircraft over Austin skies, police are reminding the public about the 532nm green laser pointer dangers and penalties associated with those actions.

In the last six months, lasers from the ground hit APD's helicopter twice,300mw green laser and two different commercial airliners landing at ABIA.

"That kind of brought it up on the radar screen 200mw green laser pointer with us that this is green beam laser pointer pen occurring quite frequently," said APD Air Operations Unit Corporal Wuthipong Tantaksinanukij.


The local pilots who had lasers shined in their cockpits landed safely.
But the possibility of what could have happened concerns all pilots.

"It's a safety issue for the air crew. It's a safety 500mw green laser issue for folks on the ground obviously if something were to happen to that aircraft," said Tantaksinanukij.


Video from onboard a law Green Beam Laser enforcement chopper in Great Britain shows someone green beam laser pointer pen on the ground pointing a laser into the high power blue laser helicopter, blinding the pilot.

"I don't think they think of the ramifications, I just think they think its high power blue laser neat they can shine a laser up and hit an aircraft," said STAR Flight's Chief Pilot Mark Parcell.

Parcell said it hasn't happened to their medical 500mw green laser transport choppers but the worry is there, which is why STAR Flight has a plan in place to treat pilots in the event lasers strike 200mw green laser pointer their eyes -- especially those pilots using night goggles which amplify light.

"We're going to be looking down to begin with so if there's somebody on the ground lasing right into the cockpit, it's going to come straight into the cock pit and 500mw green laser straight into the goggles which is very very particular hazard," said Parcell.high power blue laser


Police say lasers--especially green laser pen are more readily available on the internet and more powerful.


"This laser pen is less than one milliwatt, the ones Green Beam Laser that have been hitting the aircraft are 150 to 700 times high power blue laser as powerful as this," said Tantaksinanukij.


Videos on YouTube show how powerful green lasers can 200mw green laser pointer pop balloons, light matches and burn through credit cards.


So strong--even up in the air a pilot could suffer Green Beam Laser temporary or permanent vision loss.


"You have an airliner that could have hundreds of people on board and as soon as that pilot has been lased, everyone of those people plus all the people on the ground are in jeopardy."

Police say with the help of pilots Blue Beam Laser and ground crews they usually catch those responsible.

In Texas, the crime is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by up to $500.
If the laser light causes pilots to take evasive action,blue light laser pointer the crime could become a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to $4,000 and up to a year in jail.
Most of the time though, officers say they turn the case over to the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office for federal charges.

Currently, one Austin Blue Beam Laser man faces federal charges and 200mw green laser pointer a teen has gone through the blue light laser pointer juvenile justice system.