North Rhine-Westphalia: blinded pilots of passenger aircraft with laser pointers

Gelsenkirchen (dpa / lnw) - Two pilots of touring aircraft were blinded by a laser pointer over Gelsenkirchen on Friday. At the time of the crime, the two passenger planes were approaching Düsseldorf Airport at around 10 p.m., the police said on Saturday. According to a police spokesman, there was no specific impairment of the two flights. It is unknown how many people were on board the aircraft. Although they immediately launched a search, the police could not find the perpetrators.