STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in south Georgia are investigating a pair of reports from pilots who say they have had laser beams from ground near the Ogeechee River aimed at their cockpits. The pilot of a UPS Inc. plane reported being flashed recently by a green laser beam as it headed toward the airport in the south Georgia town of Statesboro. Bulloch County sheriff's officials told The Statesboro Herald that an Air Evac helicopter pilot recently reported a similar incident (http://bit.ly/v9H7jp). Elsewhere in Georgia, officers searched for the source of a laser beam after a Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport official reported Nov. 12 that someone aimed it into the cockpit of an airplane passing over northwest Georgia. The Atlanta airport is the world's busiest.
The Federal Aviation Administration this year signaled that it would impose penalties of up to $11,000 against people who point a laser into a cockpit. Authorities say the devices can temporarily blind pilots. Several pilots this year have reported being temporarily blinded by the devices in recent months, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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