Phoenix police mentioned they arrested an Arizona man final week who’s accused of aiming a laser at planes touchdown on the metropolis’s essential airport.
Authorities mentioned they charged William Hill, 35, within the laser strike incidents that focused industrial flights making their strategy to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Police mentioned the crew of 1 industrial flight reported that their plane was being illuminated by a laser round 8:45 p.m. on Dec. 21.
Mr. Hill was accused of aiming the laser at a Phoenix Police helicopter surrounding his house previous to his arrest later that night time.
Responding officers mentioned Mr. Hill initially denied having a laser. However, he later admitted to having a purple laser and a inexperienced laser, and that he had been pointing the inexperienced laser within the sky to “see how powerful it was,” in line with court docket paperwork.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported 9,457 laser strike incidents had been reported in 2022.
