HIGH INTENSITY LASER LIGHT BEAM BLINDS FLC JUST AFTER TKOF CAUSING INJURY TO FO AT LAS.

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LASER BEAM STRIKE ON CLBOUT FROM LAS. ON THE EVENING OF NOV/XX/93; MYSELF AND FO DEPARTED LAS ON RWY 25L ON AN ACR FLT BOUND FOR SAN. AT APPROX 500 FT AGL AND AT APPROX XJ00PM LCL TIME; A LASER BEAM OF GREEN LIGHT STRUCK THROUGH THE R SIDE WINDOW OF MY COCKPIT STRIKING MY FO IN THE RIGHT EYE AND BLINDING BOTH HE AND I FOR APPROX 5-10 SECONDS DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT BEAM. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE LAS TWR CTLR OF THE INCIDENT AND HE BEGAN TO ASK US SOME PARTICULARS; STATING THAT THIS HAS BECOME A RECURRING PROB WITH THE LASER SHOW COMING FROM THE TOP OF HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. IN CONCLUSION; FO DID REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTN AT THE TERMINATION OF HIS SEQUENCE IN PHX AND UPON EXAMINATION BY HIS DOCTOR; THE LASER BEAM HAD BURNED THE OUTER COATING OF THE WHITE AREA OF HIS EYE; ALSO BREAKING BLOOD VESSELS; ACCOUNTING FOR THE DEEP REDNESS OF HIS EYE. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH MORE SERIOUS SIT HAD THE LASER STRUCK MYSELF AS WELL AS THE FO AT A MORE DIRECT ANGLE; SEVERELY BLINDING BOTH OF US AND ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY PAX AND CREW. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 285092: NEXT MORNING HAD RED AREA IN WHITE OF R EYE. SPOKE WITH OPTOMETRIST AND MADE APPOINTMENT FOR EXAMINATION. UPON EXAMINATION; BEAM HAD BURNED THROUGH OUTER COATING OF WHITE OF EYE AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS ACCOUNTING FOR RED AREA. NO IRIS OR RETINA DAMAGE.