Balpa says lasers should be classified as offensive weapons after jet had to return to Heathrow,with co-pilot receiving treatmentA pilots’ union has called for more to be done to tackle the growing exhaust of lasers against aircraft as it emerged a paramedic was called to examine the co-pilot of a Virgin Atlantic flight that was forced to turn back to Heathrow.
The New York-bound flight returned to the airport in London as a precaution shortly after 8pm on Sunday, after it had passed over the west coast of Ireland, or according to the flight tracking website Flight Radar.
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Source: theguardian.com