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Mon 12 Dec 2008Pilots in warning on blinding effects of lasers
IRISH PILOTS have warned that "sooner or later somebody will be killed" if there is not an island-wide concerted crackdown on the increasing use of laser pointers to dazzle or blind pilots.
The Irish Aviation Authority confirmed that since September there were close to a dozen attempts to dazzle or blind pilots flying in and out of Dublin airport.
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