Aircraft hit by laser beam near Kansas City airport, Kansas City MO


An aircraft crew reported a bright white laser beam shone directly into the cockpit from the ground about one to two miles north near Kansas City International Airport.
Audio|Source: MCI Kansas City Air Traffic
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Transcript:
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south-west location are you asking if I have radar on you or what are you we just got lasered from the ground and just kind of wondered if you do about where we were
00:15
Maybe about a half a mile behind us.
00:17
A guy was standing out in front of a building with a bright white laser shining and straight in our eye.
00:23
About two miles north of you, white laser.
00:26
Behind us, about a mile north, two miles behind his white laser.
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Location mentioned:
Kansas City Int'l Airport (MCI), 1 Kansas City Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64153
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