Accordingly, Ministries of Public Security, Transport, National Defense and People’s Committees of Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Can Tho, Khanh Hoa among other must direct relevant agencies to quickly deploy measures and coordinate with the aviation sector to actively detect and prevent the recurrence of laze lights.
The aforesaid ministries and localities have to identify key areas where laser shows are not permitted as they can distract pilots during critical movements like take-off and landing.
The Ministry of Public Security is responsible for directing local police forces to promptly investigate the motives of the laser cases as well as subjects who carried out laser shows from February until now for strict punishments.
Ha Noi police on Thursday announced that four incidents involving laser lights directed at Noi Bai airport occurred this month, but the source of only one of the cases was identified, according to Viet Nam News.
Police said the laser came from the stage light of a mobile circus show held June 2 at a stadium in Soc Son District’s Thuy Huong Village, about 3.5km as the crow flies from the airport.
The circus immediately turned off the light when asked to do so by police for fear of threatening aviation safety.
“The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has warned all countries to prevent the use of laser lights in airspace, which can seriously threaten aviation safety,” said National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) Deputy Chief of Staff Nguyen Dac Tuan.
In two of the four recorded incidents of laser lights this month, crew members reported to airport authorities the sighting of a green laser light directed at the airplanes’ cabins. They included Viet Nam Airlines flight VN1554, departing from Khanh Hoa province on June 12, and Vietjet air flight VJ174, from Ho Chi Minh City./.
By Huong Giang
