Five charged with laser incident at Edinburgh Airport
Five people have been charged after a laser pen was pointed at an aircraft as it landed at Edinburgh Airport on Friday.
The incident was seen by police officers patrolling the roads around the Drylaw area, north west of the city, just before midnight.
The officers saw a green light coming from Marine Drive and checked with the airport, which confirmed a pilot has reported a laser pen incident.
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy and four females, aged 16, 17, 19 and 22.
They will all appear in court at a later date.
Chief Inspector Mark Rennie said: "The use of laser pens to distract or obscure the vision of a pilot is an extremely serious offence, which can have very serious consequences.
"We regularly patrol roads below approach routes to deter offenders and respond quickly to any notifications from pilots.
"Anyone found committing this offence will be arrested and charged."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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