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.