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Thursday, August 23, 2012

NY - Aircraft laser beam incidents


BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. - Police are investigating two incidents of laser beams pointed at aircraft: a charter flight coming in for a landing at New York's Kennedy Airport and a helicopter dispatched to investigate the report.

The crew of Sun Country Airlines Flight 8800 out of Reykjavik, Iceland, reported the cockpit being hit Tuesday evening, police said.

Records show the Boeing 737-800 landed at Kennedy at 8:36 a.m. on a stopover to Minneapolis, Newsday reported.

A police helicopter en route to investigate minutes later also was hit. Two officers and a medical technician on board were treated at a hospital and released.

It wasn't clear if anyone on the jetliner was hurt.

The FAA and FBI were notified.

If you have any information about these incidents, call the FBI's tip line at 212-384-1000.

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