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For some fairly absurd definitions of "endanger", yeah.

• dontlaserplanes 4y ago
  It's enough to force an emergency landing, yeah. And that endangers the whole air traffic around by putting it into non-standard situation, yeah. You have some fairly absurd definition of "absurd".
  • Avamander 4y ago
    It's really not enough, no. There are literally videos of pilots blocking the light with a piece of paper.
  • rosnd 4y ago
    As long as we're talking about regular laser pointers, at worst this mildly inconveniences the pilot. There have been tens of recorded cases of this every day for decades in the US alone, but not a single recorded accident. The idea that someone could meaningfully endanger Elon by pointing a laser pointer at his private jet is pants-on-head crazy. What next? Oil slicks on his driveway? Perhaps slowly poison him by idling a car in front of his house? Second hand smoking?