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Mumbai: Pilots complain of strobe lights flashed at landing aircraft

<p>Latest incident occurred on Wednesday around 8.20 pm, when a miscreant flashed a strobe light at an IndiGo aircraft from the slum pocket of Saki Naka surrounding the airport</p>

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The incidents of miscreants from the slum pockets surrounding the airport flashing long-range strobe lights at landing aircraft are giving airport authorities sleepless nights. Sources from the airport — domestic and international — claim at least one such incident is being reported on a monthly-basis for the last one year.

Aviation experts claim strobe lights can blind the pilots temporarily, resulting in a catastrophe. Pic for representation/ Thinkstock
Aviation experts claim strobe lights can blind the pilots temporarily, resulting in a catastrophe. Pic for representation/ Thinkstock

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