Technical crew member Alex Clark was sitting next to the pilot in the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) as it was flying at 1,500ft on Friday evening when the laser penetrated his night vision goggles and burned the cornea on his right eye.
YAA says this was the third laser incident in a week and the latest in a recent “disturbing rapid escalation” in attacks on its aircraft.
“As I’ve turned my head, it’s hit my right eye.
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THE man who took over running the York RAF Association’s annual Battle of Britain Wings Appeal from his wife has died six years to the day after her death.
