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12/29   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142867,00.html
        Laser directed into jet's cockpit and "air traffic controllers
        used radar to determine the laser came from a residential area".
        How does the radar determine the source of the laser? They're
        totally different. Someone please explain.
        \_  I'm not saying this is what happened, but if these words were
            randomly formed out of thin air in the mind of some dingbat
            journalist it wouldn't be anywhere near the dumbest fiction
            I've read in the news.  If you go to http://news.google.com and read
            various random links, the ones that mention the use of radar as
            you describe all have *identical* wording, while quite a few
            do not mention radar at all.  That's often a symptom of dingbat
            journalist syndrome.
        \_  If they knew where exactly the plane was when it got hit,
            and they knew what color the laser was, they could figure
            out how far away it was fired at the jet from, and could then
            figure out where it was fired from, approximately.
            \_ What does color have to do with it?
            \_ Obviously the only reasonable response is to bomb the
               residential area.  How many planes have to fall out of
               the sky before we let the airlines defend their property?
        \_ Perhaps they drew a straight line from the tail down through the
           nose of the plane.  The orientation is at the moment the pilots
           reported being painted.  The radar gives the position of the plane.
           The line intersects with the residential area.
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STORIES CLEVELAND Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that wa s directed into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8 ,500 feet. The pilot was able to land the plane, and air traffic controllers used ra dar to determine the laser came from a residential area in suburban Warr ensville Heights. Hawk said the laser had to have been fairly sophisticated to track a plan e traveling at that altitude. Authorities had no other leads, and are in vestigating whether the incident was a prank or if there was a more sini ster motive. Federal officials have expressed concern about terrorists using laser bea ms, which can distract or temporarily blind a pilot. In September a pilot for Delta Air Lines reported an eye injury from a la ser beam shone into the cockpit during a landing approach in Salt Lake C ity. Lasers are commonly used in a number of industries and are featured in ou tdoor light shows. The FAA mandates that laser light shows must register their locations and the lights cannot be directed above 3,000 feet. Lasers are also often u sed by construction companies to line up foundations. Interfering with a commercial flight is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. com Site Tools Take advantage of services and tools that get you closer to the news. Sub scribe to FOX News Alerts, or download our FNC Ringtones, Search Toolbar , Ticker and more.
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