FAA says pilot reported laser strikes are up dramatically since the drone mystery
Updated: 5:46 AM CST Dec 19, 2024
Generally speaking, the bigger *** propeller that’s spinning is then the louder, lower frequency that travels farther. So think of *** helicopter that you’ve seen flying by and how loud that is and how far away you can hear that sometimes. Drones are smaller still. So typically they’re, the pitch of the noise that they’re creating is, is, is often quite high, um, although it varies. And uh but the other characteristic of of this is that the higher the pitch, the less. The less distance you’re going to hear it from manned aircraft maneuvers smoothly. Um, drones don’t have to, you know, these, uh, particularly the, the multicopters, they’re the most predominant, they move, they can change direction on *** dime. So you can reverse their course, you can turn them 90 degrees, and they basically just change direction. So that kind of motion can give you *** clue that you’re looking at *** drone, not an aircraft.
FAA says pilot reported laser strikes are up dramatically since the drone mystery
Updated: 5:46 AM CST Dec 19, 2024
Pilots are reporting a massive uptick in being hit by laser pointers from the ground since the drone panic took off earlier this month, according to new data from the Federal Aviation Administration.Laser strikes can temporarily blind pilots or worse in some of the most critical times of a flight—when a plane is near the ground for takeoff or landing.The FAA tells CNN across the country, pilots typically report an average of 30 laser strikes per night.The FAA says on Tuesday, Dec. 17, there were 123 laser strikes reported by pilots nationwide. 24 of those strikes were over the state of New Jersey, the FAA says.“The FAA has received dozens of new laser reports from pilots in airspace spanning NJ, NY and PA,” the agency said in a statement, first released to CNN. “In New Jersey, laser strikes are up significantly in the month of December. Pilot reporting has increased 269% over the same period last year.”
Laser strikes can temporarily blind pilots or worse in some of the most critical times of a flight—when a plane is near the ground for takeoff or landing.
The FAA tells CNN across the country, pilots typically report an average of 30 laser strikes per night.
The FAA says on Tuesday, Dec. 17, there were 123 laser strikes reported by pilots nationwide. 24 of those strikes were over the state of New Jersey, the FAA says.
“The FAA has received dozens of new laser reports from pilots in airspace spanning NJ, NY and PA,” the agency said in a statement, first released to CNN. “In New Jersey, laser strikes are up significantly in the month of December. Pilot reporting has increased 269% over the same period last year.”
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