BLUE LASER ATTACK GETS TWO YEARS
SA Flyer Magazine|May 2023
A Minnesota USA man whose lasered a Delta Air Lines flight was sentenced to two years in jail.
BLUE LASER ATTACK GETS TWO YEARS

NICHOLAS JAMES LINK of Rochester, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to shining a blue laser into the flight deck of the Delta aircraft and to also lighting up a Minnesota State Patrol aircraft that was involved in the investigation.

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