A Coast Guard helicopter crew conducting a training flight over Fairchild Airport in Port Angeles reportedly suffered a 50mw Green Laser strike from an unknown ground source.
The crew of the Dolphin helicopter made a safe landing after the incident Monday night.
Officials say crewmembers in the back of the helicopter reported the Yellow Laser 50mw strike.
laser for sale can place aircrews in danger due to glare, flash blindness or temporary loss of night vision. It's a federal crime to aim a laser pointer at an aircraft.
The Coast Guard requires air crewmen who suffer lasing to abort their mission for safety reasons. The Dolphin crew members are being evaluated by medical personnel. They'll be off flight duty until they're cleared by a flight surgeon.
Officials say the 5 in 1 Laser Pointer incidents are on the raise.
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Lifesaving rescues have been put in danger by laser pointers. It's a blinding reality Coast Guard air crews are dealing with.
Alex DeMetrick reports laser hits threaten crews and the people they're trying to save.
In this line of work, there's no such thing as routine. Every rescue Coast Guard air crews pull off present its own challenges. Night rescues don't make it any easier. Finding someone struggling to stay alive in dark water takes sharp vision—which can be seriously impacted by a laser pointer aimed at a cockpit.
"For Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, we get about three laser strikes per month," said Lt. Shawn Chauvot, a Coast Guard pilot.
Ocean City is part of the Atlantic City crew's coverage area. They're here Tuesday because what might seem like a prank on the ground can be deadly serious business for the pilots inside.
"There are three things—three dangers—that we're looking at. That's distraction, what we call glare or obstruction and then flash blindness. Imagine that the flash of a camera going off in a dark room. It's kind of that effect on your eye. Imagine that happening to a pilot," said Lt. Sean Glaban, a Coast Guard pilot.
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