article_snippet: A security guard shone a laser pen at the cockpits of passenger planes and a police helicopter while bored on coffee breaks at work.
article_snippet: Mark Savage shone a beam at a cockpit of a Bombardier Q400 plane on a flight from Jersey that was preparing to land at Southampton Airport just before 9pm on September 9 last year, Southampton Crown Court heard .
article_snippet: Dangerous: Mark Savage aimed the laser beam at several aircrafts including a Flybe plane, which was carrying 28 passengers, forcing the captain to switch off the captain  external lights to land .
article_snippet: Captain Donnellan shone a beam (like the one pictured) at a cockpit of a Bombardier Q400 plane on a flight from Jersey that was preparing to land at Southampton Airport .
article_snippet: An image from a previous unrelated incident, in which a laser pen was shone at a helicopter, demonstrates the blinding effect the device can have on pilots .
article_snippet: I cannot think of anything more dangerous in our modern world than shining a beam into the eyes of people flying aircraft. '