In the third incident involving a Newark-bound jet, reported at 11:35 p.m., United Flight 1933 from Houston had a laser trained on it for 3 seconds while flying about 7 miles southwest of the airport, Pentangelo said.
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Air Canada flight reACA368 was approximately two miles from Boston airport when its crew reported seeing the lasers at about 10:39pm.
The FAA reports there have been dozens of incidents in recent weeks, which the agency said are being investigated individually.
An FAA simulation of a green laser pointed at an airplane cockpit. Thirty-four other commercial flights in the New York area reported having lasers pointed at them last week.
Laser lights were aimed at two flights on their approach to Boston’s Logan Airport Wednesday night, officials said.
The three other recent incidents were reported by the FAA over New York airspace, two of them just west of Warwick, N.Y., a town just over the Sussex County border.
The powerful handheld lasers have the ability to temporarily blind pilots and have sometimes left pilots in the hospital.
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“I think it is a very serious issue and I’m wondering if it is being coordinated on social media”. “The worst part is that it can blind you, literally”.
