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Police appeal after laser shone at Air Ambulance over Cardiff

04/03/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Police are appealing for information after a laser pen was directed at an Air Ambulance flying over the Roath area of Cardiff. The attack resulted in one of the vital on-board critical care practitioners suffering blurred vision and a migraine, resulting in them having to go off-duty. The incident happened [read more]

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Police Helicopter targeted by Laser just days after man is jailed

08/01/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A police helicopter returning from assisting in a mountain rescue has been targeted by a laser in South Wales. The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, NPAS47, was returning to its base at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan when it was targeted. They did not specify where the [read more]

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Swansea man jailed for Laser Pen attack on Police Helicopter

06/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

A 29-year-old man from Swansea has been jailed for pointing a laser pen at a Police Helicopter which was searching for a missing person. William Fellowes, of Pentregethin Road, Portmead, Swansea told police he had been using the Laser Pen to point at Stars and that the pilot was a [read more]

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Jail for man who shone laser at Police Helicopter

08/10/2020 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A man who shone a laser pen at a Police helicopter in a deliberate and sustained attack has been jailed for seven months at Cardiff Crown Court. Matthew Davies (33) of Dol yr Eos, Mornington Meadows, Caerphilly admitted shining or directing a laser beam towards a police helicopter and his [read more]

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Air Ambulance forced to abort landing after laser attack

22/02/2020 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

An Air Ambulance attempting to land at a school in Wiltshire this week was forced to abort its landing after it came under attack from a laser pen. A spokesman for Wiltshire Air Ambulance said that the aircraft was carrying out a training flight on Thursday 20th February and was [read more]

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Could more be done to protect Pilots from Lasers?

15/02/2016 3 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

With the recent news that a Virgin flight to New York had to return to Heathrow due to an laser injury to the First Officer, is there more that could be done to protect Pilots from Lasers? Virgin flight 25 (VS25) departed London Heathrow at 20:13hrs on Sunday evening when [read more]

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Cardiff Man Jailed for a Year After Shining Laser Pen at Aircraft

22/10/2015 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Liam Chadwick (28) to 6 months in Prison (plus 6 months from a previous suspended sentence) after he pleaded guilty to endagering four commercial aircraft. Chadwick of Millfield Close, St Mellons shone a laser pen at the aircraft on the night of August 1st 2015. The [read more]




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