"Beam & Release": Passenger on Pegasus Airlines Plane Points Laser at Tower and Other Planes, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 9 February 2024)

The night before last at 2155 hours, Pegasus Airlines flight PC-2026,

an Airbus A320 airplane, took off from Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) Airport 

in Istanbul en route to Antalya.  

However (!), shortly after take-off it was determined that a passenger

inside the plane was pointing a laser at the SAW air traffic control tower

and at other airplanes.  The tower alerted both the Pegasus flight pilot

and Antalya airport about the laser beams and the passenger was 

identified by the flight crew.  He was taken into custody by police at

Antalya airport. 

Suspect has a long history of this kind of activity...

 

Good thing it wasn't a phaser...