Cops: 2 laser incidents in skies over LI
Pilots describe the disorienting effect of lasers being shone into plane cockpits. FBI video via YouTube. (Aug. 22, 2012) (August 22, 2012 8:14 PM)
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Laser beams were pointed at a passenger jet and a police helicopter Tuesday night on Long Island -- part of a sharp rise in incidents nationwide that federal authorities say puts pilots and passengers in danger.
Suffolk police and the FBI are investigating the incidents, which occurred near Shirley.
The first report involved Sun Country Airlines Flight 8800, a chartered Boeing 737-800...
