aimed at an airplane's cockpit. it's a senatoria that cenario t times throughout the country. listen as a plane is coming into jfk airport last year. >> we encountered a laser up here into the cockpit. it caught the first officer's eye. >> reporter: in new york city the fbi says incidents targeting planes have jumped 17%. >> we don't have an idea why, it has been a 17 increase over last year regarding these incidents. so are they concerning to us? >> it will not physically hurt the airplane t. laser can blind the pilot, can temporarily blind the pilot and also the effect of this startling burst of light into the cockpit. >> reporter: a dangerous distraction for pilots. according to faa the laser incidents is 13 times higher now than previous years. compare more than 350 incidents