Aerospace and defense news from Central-to-North Mississippi and Central Louisiana region.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Aircraft laser pointing indictment
Landon Albritton, a
20-year-old Terry, Miss., man was charged in a federal indictment Nov. 18, and could
face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, for pointing a laser at an
aircraft. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate will hear the trial on Jan. 4.
(Source: Clarion-Ledger
11/18/15) Central Mississippi Note: Thomas Hannigan, information
systems manager at the Mississippi State University’s aerospace engineering department,
and a flight instructor, said pointing a laser at an aircraft could instantly
render a pilot’s night vision completely ineffective.
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