A federal judge in Wisconsin sentenced a man to two years in prison for aiming a laser at a Delta Air Lines jet in 2021.
A federal judge in Wisconsin sentenced a Minnesota man on Friday to two years in prison for aiming a laser at a Delta Air Lines jet in 2021, an act that prosecutors said disrupted the pilots' efforts to land and put passengers in"incredible danger."Laser strikes on planes and helicoptersin the U.S. in 2021. Pilots reported 9,723 incidents, a 41% jump over the year before, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures. The FAA said it handed out $120,000 in fines in 2021.
"The laser strikes caused a major distraction in the cockpit as they were not able to look at their iPads to brief the new approach," prosecutors said in a statement."The first officer did not suffer any disruption to his vision, but the captain said that vision in his right eye was affected for several hours after this event," prosecutors said.
At sentencing, U.S. District Judge William Conley remarked on Link's extensive criminal record, which included numerous domestic assaults. He also said the behavior was similar to a 2017 arrest when Link shined a flashlight in the eyes of the arresting officer.
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