FBI probes laser activity at D/FW

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The FBI is investigating reports of laser activity, seen by airline pilots approaching Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Sunday night.

About “two or three” pilots from different airlines told authorities they saw a green laser over Denton County between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., said Special Agent Lori Bailey, an FBI spokeswoman.

The Federal Aviation Administration has received dozens of reports in the past four months of lasers being pointed at airplanes. The incident Sunday night would be at least the third incident reported by pilots taking off or landing at D/FW since November.

But Agent Bailey said the laser reports were different from previous incidents because the pilots did not report feeling that the lasers were aimed at their cockpits.