MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The pilots of two planes taking off from a Moscow airport early Tuesday said laser beams were pointed at their cockpits in an attempt to blind them.
Both incidents occurred near Moscow's Vnukovo airport, RIA Novosti said.
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The first event took place shortly after midnight when a laser beam allegedly hit the cockpit of a plane bound for Astana, police said.
The second incident happened less than an hour later, when a flight to Moscow was targeted shortly after takeoff.
No one was harmed in either incident, officials said.
The attacks are the latest in a string of similar incidents.
In the last week, at least five planes have been targeted by laser pointers in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
