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Boing Emergency landing in Florida due to Laser


Contact photographer Thomas Piskol
What: American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Orlando,FL to Miami,FL
Where: ?WEST PALM BEACH
When: 04/20/2009 0:125
Why: “ON APPROACH REPORTED A LASER BEAM STRIKE” The plane was landed safely in spite of the pilot sustaining an eye injury from a laser pointed at the cockpit.

Based on Flightaware information, the Aviation Herald reports the landing did not occur at West Palm Beach.

Also, the flight number was erroneously listed on the FAA site as the registration #.

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