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Man Jailed For 18 Months After 90-Second Laser Attack On Delta Flight Landing In Buffalo (simpleflying.com)
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A man who aimed a green laser pointer at a Delta Air Lines flight on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. During the March 2024 incident, Joseph L. Crapsi, 31, of Cheektowaga, repeatedly aimed the laser at the aircraft during the critical phase of flight.

According to one of the pilots, the attack lasted between 60 and 90 seconds, adding that he felt "something horrible would happen." Laser attacks are a serious threat that can temporarily blind pilots and, in severe cases, cause permanent damage, as well as endanger the safety of an aircraft and its occupants.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I am agreeing with you, but blinding a pilot with a laser is beyond fucked up. And that is something you should know no matter how impaired you are. I'm not saying you should know it because it's obvious if you think about it. But society should teach that. This idiot endangered thousands of lives. Imagine the plane would have crashed into a mall for example. Or the gates in the airport.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Society should do LOTS of things it doesn't - often deliberately due to certain factions within it. Those things are even more destructive, as our current climate crisis is starting to prove.

This guy may just have been a minor side effect of the ever-present power struggle going on within our society.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

Probably. Someone out there probably loves the poorly educated 😐