WI: Med Flight Rescue Mission Aborted, Pilot Injured After Someone Shined Laser Pointer at Helicopter

Dec. 28, 2018

A UW Med Flight pilot aborted a rescue mission on Christmas in southern Wisconsin and suffered an eye injury after someone shined a laser pointer at the helicopter.

The helicopter was attempting to land in Pardeeville to pick up a 17-year-old boy injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash when someone on the ground aimed a strong laser pointer at the aircraft, the Columbia County Sheriff's Department reported Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/12/26/medical-helicopter-pilot-injured-laser-point-during-rescue-mission/2415051002