( CNN ) -- A 14-year-old was arrested late Tuesday after shining a powerful laser light into the eyes of a pilot who was approaching Los Angeles International Airport , the Federal Aviation Administration said . The arrest puts a spotlight on what the FAA calls a dangerous problem in recent years . In Tuesday 's case , the pilot was about 2,000 feet in the air and nobody was hurt in the incident , said Ian Gregor , an FAA spokesman . `` It 's potentially very dangerous to shine a laser at an aircraft because a laser can distract a pilot and there have been cases where pilots have suffered temporary vision problems as a result of being struck by a laser beam , '' Gregor said. `` We 've had reports of pilots having to turn over control of the aircraft to a co-pilot or had to abort landing . '' Gregor said Los Angeles International Airport has had many instances of laser attacks . `` Pilots reported 102 laser incidents around LAX in 2010 . Most of any airport in the country , '' Gregor said .
The incident occurred as a pilot approached Los Angeles International Airport . Nobody was injured in the accident , FAA says .