FBI to Investigate Reports of Lasers Beamed at Planes
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In the past week, laser beams of unknown origins have been shined into the cockpits of seven airplanes as they were about to land at various airports around the country, including Teterboro Airport.
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The U.S. Justice Department said on  Thursday it was investigating possible anticompetitive  practices in airline passenger fares and cargo shipments, hours  after UK authorities raided British Airways Plc in what was  described as a transatlantic probe.
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The pilotless planes use devices designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity that are not accessible by satellites, officials say.
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Law enforcement sources say the FBI is investigating whether an analyst at the Pentagon passed classified material on Iran to Israel.
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US investigators are reported to be examining a spate of cases in which laser beams have been shone into the cockpits of aircraft.
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Federal investigators plan to review the maintenance records and the background of the flight crew of a chartered jet that crashed here over the weekend, killing three
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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and local Law Enforcement Agencies sifted through debris from Sunday&#39;s plane crash in Montrose yesterday.
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As traces of radiation are found at a dozen sites, FBI experts in weapons of mass destruction will assist with the scientific analysis
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Investigators picked through the scattered wreckage today of two Russian passenger jets that crashed nearly simultaneously Tuesday night after leaving Moscow, and reported
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BUCHALKI, Russia - Russian investigators labored Wednesday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties about a possible bloody escalation of the Chechen conflict.    Officials stressed that no evidence of a terrorist attack had yet been found among charred wreckage and said they were looking at other possibilities like bad fuel, equipment malfunction and human error...
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MOSCOW : Investigators said they had found traces of explosive material on one of the two planes that crashed in southern Russia, Russian news agencies reported.
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Russian investigators laboured yesterday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties
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Lasers mark dates on boxes of butter. They cut gems and engrave vehicle identification numbers into cars. They are the key components in compact disc and DVD players. Like so much in the high-tech world, they keep getting cheaper and more powerful. And with at least eight reports in recent weeks of lasers pointed at aircraft cockpits as they approached for landing, their ubiquity could pose a problem for aviation.
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British Airways said on Wednesday that  "very low traces" of a radioactive substance had been found on  two of its aircraft being examined in a police probe into the  death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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Authorities investigating two incidents in which laser beams were aimed at aircraft flying over northern New Jersey have questioned several people but made no arrests, the FBI said Saturday.
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After a rash of incidents in  which lasers flashed aircraft 31 times in the last 10 days,  Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta on Wednesday promised a  crackdown to prevent "careless people, making stupid choices"  from putting fliers at risk.
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Federal investigators have requested a report on a 2002 crash involving the same kind of jet that crashed at the Montrose airport, killing three of the six on board.