[Laser] Laser injures Delta pilot's eye

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Fri Oct 1 23:07:28 EDT 2004


ed wrote:

Laser injures Delta pilot's eye

> By Bill Gertz
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
> Published September 29, 2004
>
>      A short while later, however, the first officer felt a stinging
> sensation in one eye. A doctor who examined the pilot determined that he had
> suffered a burned retina from exposure to a laser device, the officials
> said.
>

I have recently had laser surgery on an eye with an Argon laser. I can testify
from personal experience that, when the laser spot hits a nerve, it HURTS !!!!
(My eye was pulsed about 750 times and roughly 10% of the shots were painful) In
my case, the stinging lasted roughly 6 to 8 hours.

-John



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