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Yup. He was hit at 8,000 ft, but they didn't decide to abort the flight until about half an hour later, while passing Ireland. He didn't have any vision impairment but they decided to abort anyway just to be on the safe side. I find it a bit strange, to be honest.

The airplane (an Airbus A340 from Virgin) was reportedly at 8,000 feet and climbing when the first officer was hit by a red laser from a side window. I guess that puts the laser at least 2 miles away. I'm a bit amazed they cancelled a transatlantic flight and dumped a couple of hundred tonnes of...