EDITOR'S NOTE:

A seminar on laser interference in aviation will be held at EUROCONTROL Headquarters in Brussels, 10-11 October 2011. The seminar is aimed at bringing together all stakeholder groups with a vested interest in this issue, so that they can consider adopting a collective approach to reducing the growing threat of unauthorised laser interference in aviation.

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In recent years there has been a proliferation in the use of lasers outdoors for legitimate purposes such as laser shows and tests. More worryingly, there has also been an increase in the deliberate (and illegitimate) use of laser pointers to illuminate aircraft and sometimes air traffic control facilities.