Gumleaf
April 1st, 2008, 06:51 PM
Wednesday Apr 2 06:57 AEDT
A laser pointer has disrupted the flight path of another Sydney-bound plane overnight, police say.
At about 9.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday police received reports of an infrared laser light being shone from the Bossley Park area at a Virgin Blue plane believed to have been travelling from Cairns to Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport.
The plane landed without incident and no one was injured.
Last Friday, six passenger planes were targeted, forcing the aircraft to alter their flight paths and delay their landings into Sydney.
The planes had to changed their flight paths into Sydney after pilots were targeted in a co-ordinated attack by four green lasers.
At the time authorities said the attack, which continued for 15 minutes, appeared to have originated in the Bexley area of south-western Sydney.
Tuesday night's incident is timely as Australian Federal Police (AFP), ASIO and other government agencies plan to meet on Wednesday to work out a strategy to tackle the problem of laser attacks on passenger jets.
The Canberra meeting will be urged to ban the sale of the high-powered lasers, The Australian reports on Wednesday.
It will also discuss even tougher penalties for people who use the lights to disrupt flights.
Harsher penalties were already introduced last year with perpetrators now liable to up to two years' jail and fines of up to $30,000.
©AAP 2008
A laser pointer has disrupted the flight path of another Sydney-bound plane overnight, police say.
At about 9.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday police received reports of an infrared laser light being shone from the Bossley Park area at a Virgin Blue plane believed to have been travelling from Cairns to Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport.
The plane landed without incident and no one was injured.
Last Friday, six passenger planes were targeted, forcing the aircraft to alter their flight paths and delay their landings into Sydney.
The planes had to changed their flight paths into Sydney after pilots were targeted in a co-ordinated attack by four green lasers.
At the time authorities said the attack, which continued for 15 minutes, appeared to have originated in the Bexley area of south-western Sydney.
Tuesday night's incident is timely as Australian Federal Police (AFP), ASIO and other government agencies plan to meet on Wednesday to work out a strategy to tackle the problem of laser attacks on passenger jets.
The Canberra meeting will be urged to ban the sale of the high-powered lasers, The Australian reports on Wednesday.
It will also discuss even tougher penalties for people who use the lights to disrupt flights.
Harsher penalties were already introduced last year with perpetrators now liable to up to two years' jail and fines of up to $30,000.
©AAP 2008