JULY 16, 2015, 8:46 AM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015, 5:46 PM
BY STEFANIE DAZIO
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating incidents of lasers being pointed at 11 airplanes flying over New Jersey on Wednesday night, a spokesman said.
The incidents occurred between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., spokesman Jim Peters said in a statement. No injuries were reported.
Three of the planes were at 3,000 feet of altitude, within 20 miles of Newark Airport: Porter 141, American Airlines 1472 and American Airlines 966.
The Newark-bound planes all landed safely, Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said. The lasers were being shined into the cockpits, which can have a blinding effect on pilots and is “extremely dangerous,” Coleman said.
Delta Air Lines 504, Shuttle America 3489, JetBlue 2779 and JetBlue 828 planes were four miles south of the Outerbridge Crossing, also at an altitude of 3,000 feet, Peters said.
American Airlines 348, Republic Airlines 4643 and GoJet 6201 — all bound for LaGuardia — were flashed at 9,000 feet, 10 miles north of Robbinsville, the spokesman said