Hand shooting at us. Theres another arrest. Reporter Police Quickly moved in making one arrest. At the same time in dallas three aircraft were targeted near lafield. Faa reports last night alone more than 20 aircraft were struck by lasers nationwide, from upstate new york to detroit, cincinnati to salt lake, sanan juan, puerto rico to los angeles. A number of attacks is growing. As of mid october, more than 5,300 strikes this year compared to 3,900 last year. At u. S. Park Police Headquarters today where the s. W. A. T. Team practiced repelling, they showed how the laser light can blind the pipit. They a a five milla watts or more. The eye damage can be irrersible. As we are coming in for a landing, the whole pock pit illuminates in almost like a green haze. Reporter no suspect was identified. Pointing a laser at a plane is a felony punished by up to 20 years in prison and 250,000 fine. So far, at least 50 ople h he been convicicd. Their sentences ranging from probation to five years.
Right now. In nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We start with greig danger the sky which threatened nearly 2 dozen flights last night alone. The fbi is looking for potentially dozens of suspects who lit up the skies with laser pointers in 16 cities. One targeted the helicopter of our nbc station here in new york city which aimed its camera lens at the source catching the alleged culprit in the act. Tom costello now with a rare pilots view of this alarming threat from the ground. It happened 1,500 feet over brooklyn. A bright green laser light suddenly lit up the nbc 4 helicopter cockpit. Dont look, george. Reporter the reporter and his pilot nearly blinded as they hovered above the city. On the ground, a man who appeared to be targeting not only the nbc chopper but nypd chopper, too. We can see him standing outside the building in the back with the lacer in his hand shooting at us. Theres another arrest. Reporter Police Qu
Night alone. The fbi is looking for potentially dozens of suspects who lit up the skies with laser pointers in 16 cities. One targeted the helicopter of our nbc station here in new york city which aimed its camera lens at the source catching the act. A rare pilots view of this alarming threat from the ground. It happened 1,500 feet over brooklyn. A bright green laser light suddenly lit up the nbc 4 helicopter cockpit. Dont look, george. Reporter the reporter and his pilot nearly blinded as they hovered above the city. On the ground, a man who appeared to be targeting not only the nbc chopper but nypd chopper, too. We can see him standing outside the building in the back with the lacer in his hand shooting at us. Theres another arrest. Reporter Police Quickly moved in making one arrest. Dallas three aircraft were targeted near lafield. Faa reports last night alone more than 20 aircraft were struck by lasers nationwide, from upstate new york to detroit, cincinnati to salt lake, san juan,
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Workers three years ago because attack. A worker with access to the airport who then becomes radicalized. I think the threat from an insider is a more significant threat right now that we face, particularly an insider with the capability to put an explosive device on the aircraft. Today Homeland Security secretary jaye johnson addressed the screenings. Thats something and tsa have been focused on as recently as today. Still today, no one there was checking the bags or verifying the identities of the people passing through. Once they see the video on tv theyll react. Frankly if somebody wants to do harm, its going to be difficult to stop them. Reporter the Port Authority says that its up to the airline or the terminal managers to monitor those turnstiles. So we called the terminal manager but they did not return meanwhile the tsa says they do random bag checks as well as searches but certainly not all of the time. News4 new york. Thank you. Well as you might expect, a lot of people are