Hanoi airport warns of laser light concern
Thursday, 10:09, 23/06/2016
The safety of aircraft landing and taking off from Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport is "seriously threatened" by lasers being directed at them, the Vietnamese aviation security authorities have warned.
An airplane lands at Noi Bai Airport of Hanoi. |
The committee this month has received reports of green lasers being shone at four planes, including three airlines, as they approached Noi Bai.
The laser beams could potentially flash blind pilots during the critical landing and take-off phase of flight operations, it said.