Rehman Chishti – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rehman Chishti on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on air traffic control towers have been recorded in the last five years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

In the last five years from the period 1 July 2009 to 31 July 2015, the Civil Aviation Authority recorded 17 reports of laser pen attacks affecting air traffic towers in the UK.