it is quite possible and that s why the fbi is cracking down. the latest example, a florida man now facing the possibility of federal time behind bars. blinding light from below, a seminole county sheriff s helicopter and two pilots inside targeted. this is what it looked like on the receiving end of this laser attack near orlando saturday. 19-year-old trevor rango now charged with a felony. he said he didn t have a good explanation, but you can see in the video he was actually running around and continued to shine the laser beam at the helicopter. laser attacks like this are capable of disorienting and temporarily blinding pilots. vision itself can get washed out for a few seconds, which in and of itself can be dangerous, but there can be after images causing distortion for a number of minutes afterwards. it s like a camera flash going off in a pitch black car, the ultimate consequence could be a crash.
new york city and southern california are among the areas with the most incidents. listen as a plane is coming in for landing in 2012. we just got lasered up here. two green flashes into the cockpit. it caught the first officer s eye. a dangerous distraction that in some cases have caused injury. pilots have been hospitalized because of burned corneas. laser strikes have never caused a crash, but the fbi fears it eventually will. if an aircraft were to go down in a neighborhood, a school, a shopping center, it would be absolutely devastating. well, thousands of laser attacks go unreported every year. the fbi has made some arrests. agents say the profile of the people arrested, teenage boys and men in their 30s. but it is very difficult to
these time lapse images taken from the rear of the rover shows its tracks in the sand. peace out, it s saying. it is surrounded by terrain quite different from all other sites rovers have visited. that was a big ordeal. i you are now officially you are our chief space correspondent, at least for the mars rover. did you just call me a space cadet? yes, i did. in a loving way. i prefer space commander. all right next up for us on new day, a plane crash leaves dozens dead, but one person did survive. this harrowing story and what we know about this coming up next. plus, there are nearly a dozen reported laser attacks on planes in flight every day. now the fbi is offering a pretty big reward to track these folks
thousands of dollars in award money may lead to arrests. thousands are targeting pilots flying airplanes, temporarily blinding them mid flight. your entire cockpit turns green. the fbi says because of a dramatic spike in incidents, they re offering reward money for tips that lead to the culprits behind the laser attacks. 11 cities in san juan are offering up to 10,000 drars. it s about 25% brighter than a flashlight flashing in your face. that could cause temporary incapacitation. the faa says there were nearly 300 laser strikes in 2005. that number spiked to nearly 4,000 last year. an average of almost 11 incidents per day.
flight 521 from new york was landing at west palm beach airport. the pilot said someone on the ground tracked the aircraft, with a laser for about 20 to 30 seconds. this faa video shows what a laser looks like from an airplane s cockpit. the fda says a laser s beam, especially from a strong laser, can injure instantly. lasers will not physically hurt the airplane but lasers can temporarily blind the pilot and also just the effect of this, startling burst of light into the airplane cockpit. reporter: nationwide, airplane laser incidents are becoming increasingly common. the faa reported just 350 in 2006. but 3,400 in 2012. and in palm beach alone, there have been 32 laser attacks so far this year. a 2012 law makes it a federal offense to aim a laser at a plane. the word needs to get out