SASKATOON — Two people have been arrested following an incident that targeted the Air Support Unit (ASU) early Thursday morning.
The laser strike on an aircraft has resulted in two males, age 36 and 16, being charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and mischief causing danger to life. The 36-year-old was also found to be breaching court-ordered conditions.
Police say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 21, members of the patrol unit were alerted by the ASU that they had been struck by a green light laser while airborne. It happened a second time, say police, and members of the ASU determined the laser to be coming from a balcony in the 500 block of Eastlake Avenue. Ground units sent to the area located and arrested two suspects and, later, located a green light laser inside an apartment unit, say police.
Saskatoon Police Service says a laser strike on an aircraft is extremely dangerous; it illuminates the plane’s interior and can cause temporary vision loss for the pilot(s) and crew that could result in loss of control of the aircraft.
