Dallas Strip Clubs: Strip Club Distracts Southwest Airlines Pilot
Strip Club Distracts Southwest Airlines Pilot
“Laser event” at Dallas Love Field turns out to be spotlight on club’s roof
Updated 11:48 PM CDT, Mon, Aug 30, 2010
The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight said a bright light nearly blinded him as he was landing at Dallas Love Field on Sunday night.
The pilot of Flight 939 from Albuquerque, N.M., to Dallas, said a flash of light interfered with his vision about four miles out from the airport.
“All of a sudden, a bright flash of light, and their night vision is destroyed, and it takes a while to come back,” said Lynn Lunsford, of the Federal Aviation Administration. “When a laser goes off, it’s like a flash bulb going off in your eye.”
Dallas police traced the mystery light to a rotating spotlight on the roof of Bomb Shells Cabaret, an all-nude strip club near Interstate 35 and Walnut Hill.