FBI Records Increase in Laser Attacks on Aircraft

The FBI is concerned by the leap in this calendar year of laser attacks on aircraft. The agency had recorded 921 attacks as of Aug. 31. One convicted offender, Dana C. Welch, of Orange County, Calif., will be sentenced Sept. 15 in federal court for lasing United Airlines and Alaska Airlines aircraft...

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