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UK: "Prolonged laser strike" on police helicopter over Derby

10 Apr 2021 -- Categories: Aviation incidents | Eye effect or injury | No arrest

A National Police Air Service (NPAS) Midlands helicopter "suffered a prolonged laser strike" over Derby on April 9 2021. Two crew members were temporarily blinded by the laser light.

Derbyshire police officers were sent to an address to speak to the persons involved. There was no word of an arrest.

From Derbyshire Live

Tags: UK, Derbyshire, Police, Helicopter, Unknown perpetrator