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Laser-Pointer Strikes Menace Pilots

Jail Sentences, Rewards Haven't Stopped the Practice


Los Angeles Police helicopter pilots in February listen as rewards of up to $10,000 are announced for information that leads to the arrest of people who aim laser pointers at aircraft. Pilots say the laser strikes can temporarily blind them. Associated Press

People keep aiming powerful laser pointers at aircraft-where they can distract or even temporarily blind pilots and crew-despite jail sentences for offenders and rewards for people who turn them in.

The number of cases has climbed sharply since the middle of last decade. In 2013 there were nearly 4,000 laser strikes on aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the highest annual number yet. So far this year the number is off slightly.