LASER BEAMS HIT B737 NEAR DTW AT NIGHT; RESULTING IN EYE DAMAGE.

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ACFT WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES BY A LASER BEAM WHILE ON APCH. BEAM WAS LOCATED IN THE ANN ARBOR AREA. NEITHER PLT HAS NOTED ANY ADVERSE VISION PROBS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THIS B737 ACFT WAS ON APCH TO DTW WHEN HIT BY LASER BEAMS; THOUGH; THE RPTR FO INITIALLY RPTED THAT NEITHER PLT NOTED ANY ADVERSE VISION PROBS; CALLBACK REVEALED THAT THE CAPT SUBSEQUENTLY SAW A DOCTOR WHO FOUND HE HAD A BURNED RETINA. RPTR QUESTIONED DTW APCH CTL ABOUT WHERE THE LASERS WERE LOCATED AND WAS TOLD THAT DOMINO FARMS (PIZZA) AMUSEMENT PARK; LOCATED IN THE ANN ARBOR AREA; HAD; AND USED THE LASERS. DTW APCH THEN CLRED THE ACFT FOR A VISUAL APCH AND THE CAPT JOKED TO THE FO -- HOW COULD HE DO A VISUAL AFTER BEING HIT BY A LASER? RPTR MENTIONED OTHER AREAS THEY FLY TO WHERE LASERS ARE USED AND CONSIDERED BY FLCS AS HAZARDOUS. ONE IS NASHVILLE WHERE THE GRAND OLD OPRY HAS A LASER. THERE; THE ATIS CAUTIONS PLTS ABOUT LASERS IN USE; BUT WHAT ARE FLCS SUPPOSED TO DO TO AVOID THE LASER; CLOSE THEIR EYES? ANOTHER HAZARDOUS ARPT IS LAS VEGAS WHERE APPARENTLY AN AIR FORCE F15 PLT RECEIVED EYE INJURY FROM THE LASERS. LAS VEGAS HAS SINCE INSTALLED A TCAS TYPE OF SYS WHICH TURNS OFF THE LASER BEAMS WHEN AN ACFT IS IN THE VICINITY.