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Jets
JetsGo-Around Conducted
Boeing 737-800. No damage. No injuries.
The 737, en route from Lille, France, with 160 passengers and six crewmembers the evening of Sept. 5, 2015, was on a nonprecision instrument approach to Porto, Portugal, when the commander was temporarily blinded by a laser light.
Night visual meteorological conditions (VMC), with surface winds variable at 2 kt, prevailed at the airport. The aircraft, of Irish registry, was turning onto final approach and descending to 3,000 ft, the minimum altitude …
