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Alaska Woman Sentenced for Laser Attack That Injured Canadian Military Aircrew

26 February 2025 9:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members.
A statement from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Alaska says Canadian military aircrews were flying in two tactical helicopter squadrons on Feb. 11, 2024, as part of an operation with the United States when one of the pilots reported a laser had been pointed at the aircraft.
Court documents say the pilot was at about 1,280 metres when the first laser hit, and when the aircraft came down to Allen Army Airfield near Delta Junction, it was hit again, but the crew saw which cabin the laser came from….