AW: [ RadSafe ] Hazardous Instruments Keep Pilots From Planes

[Franz Schönhofer]

Can anybody tell me, what kind of lasers might be able to hit a pilots
eye six miles out of the airport at 9 000 feet elevation to cause eye
injuries?

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von Cadanau, Rod
> Gesendet: Montag, 02. Mai 2005 18:29
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Hazardous Instruments Keep Pilots From Planes
> 
> from avweb:
> http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/394-full.html#189679
> 
> 
> 
> Also:
> Delta Pilot Hurt By Laser
>  A second Delta Air Lines pilot has suffered eye injuries resulting
from
> a laser being pointed at his aircraft. The unidentified first officer
on
> a 737 was taken for medical treatment after reportedly being hit with
> the laser while the plane was on approach to Dallas-Ft. Worth
> International Airport last Tuesday. The plane landed safely. FBI
> spokeswoman Lori Bailey said the pilot was lased when the plane was
six
> miles out at about 9,000 feet. Details of the pilot's condition were
not
> available. As AVweb told you in March, another Delta pilot told
Congress
> of the effects of a laser attack on his airplane last September. Perry
> Winder testified that he suffered intense pain and the affected eye
> remains sensitive to light. He was off work for more than two weeks
> because of the incident, which happened while the plane approached
Salt
> Lake City last September. Last March 10, the flying pilot on a
> Continental flight had to turn over the controls to the first officer
> after suffering blurred vision from a lasing.
> 
> Rod Cadanau
> Radiation Safety Officer
> Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene
> Boeing St. Louis
> Mail Code S111-2491
> phone 314-777-9229
> 
> 
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