"Laser hooligans" tried to blind the pilot when landing at the Belgorod airport.

The incident, which could lead to catastrophic consequences, occurred in the evening of 5 August, while, as the news agency Avia.pro learned, the pilot of the airline "UTair"" Attacked "from various points of the city, however, it was not possible to establish the exact location from which the laser beams were sent to the passenger airliner.

Despite the emerged emergency, the pilot of a passenger airliner Boeing 737-400, Who was from Moscow, could still safely land an aircraft - as a result of the incident no one was hurt.

A sharp and focused laser beam dazzles the pilots of aircraft, not allowing the aircraft to operate normally, so there is a threat of a possible crash of the aircraft. In just 7 months of this year, no less than 30 facts of the action of "laser hooligans" are known, and in some cases emergencies could lead to tragic consequences.