普天間基地で米軍機にレーザー照射した疑い 56歳男を逮捕

沖縄県宜野湾市にある米軍普天間基地の上空を飛行していた米軍機にレーザー光線をあてたとして、沖縄県警は12月7日、同市で映像関連会社を経営する平岡克朗容疑者(56)を威力業務妨害の疑いで逮捕した。
Open Image Modal
FILE - In this March 5, 2010 file photo, a U.S. Marine helicopter tries to land at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan. Recent crashes involving the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft Osprey are fueling an uproar in Japan that could threaten plans to deploy them to the southern island of Okinawa by the end of the year. Following an uproar on Okinawa and in another city likely to host the Osprey aircraft, U.S. officials were to brief Japanese government representatives in Washington on Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photos/Koji Ueda, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS

沖縄県宜野湾市にあるアメリカ軍の普天間基地の上空を飛行していた米軍機にレーザー光線をあてたとして、沖縄県警は12月7日、同市で映像関連会社を経営する平岡克朗容疑者(56)を威力業務妨害の疑いで逮捕した。容疑を認めており動機を追及する。朝日新聞デジタルなどが報じた。

毎日新聞によると、逮捕容疑は7月1日午後9時ごろ、約9分間にわたり、同市内の上空約300メートルを飛行していた米軍海兵隊の訓練中のヘリコプターにレーザーポインターを使って計3回、緑色の光線を照射し、訓練業務を妨害したことだという。当時、ヘリには4人乗っており、海兵隊は訓練を中止した。けが人はなかった。

産経ニュースによると海兵隊は「レーザー照射は搭乗者が瞬間的に視野狭窄となり、特に夜間用の暗視装置を利用中だと見えなくなる。墜落などの重大事故につながりかねない」と危険性を指摘していた。

普天間基地の周辺では2014年7月以降、今回の逮捕容疑以外に計5回のレーザー照射事件があり、沖縄県警では関連性がないか捜査している。県警によると、航空機にレーザー光線をあてた事件で立件されるのは全国初だという。

画像をクリックするとスライドショーを展開します

普天間飛行場の様子 画像集
U.S. Marines Provide Humanitarian Aid in Philippines(01 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
Marines board aircraft enroute to Japan to assist in relief efforts.(02 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
12 Ospreys headed to Japan in July, bound for Futenma(03 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Asitimes)
III MEF Marines to provide assistance in wake of earthquake, tsunami in Japan [Image 1 of 4](04 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:DVIDSHUB)
U.S. Marines Provide Humanitarian Aid in Philippines(05 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Phillippines Humanitarian Mission(06 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Phillippines Humanitarian Mission(07 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Phillippines Humanitarian Mission(08 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Phillippines Humanitarian Mission(09 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Humanitarian Mission in Philippines(10 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Phillippines Humanitarian Mission(11 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Humanitarian Mission in Philippines(12 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Humanitarian Mission in Philippines(13 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Humanitarian Mission in Philippines(14 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
U.S. Marines Prepare for Humanitarian Mission in Philippines(15 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
Death Toll Rises in Philippines Following Impact Of Super Typhoon(16 of31)
Open Image Modal
OKINAWA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the U.S. Marines, palletized equipment is loaded onto a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma during preparation for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission to the Philippines on November 11, 2013 in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Corps Forces Pacific are working with the Philippine government to rapidly deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/U.S. Marines via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Death Toll Rises in Philippines Following Impact Of Super Typhoon(17 of31)
Open Image Modal
OKINAWA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the U.S. Marines, Marines board a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma during preparation for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission to the Philippines on November 11, 2013 in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Corps Forces Pacific are working with the Philippine government to rapidly deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Photo by Lance Cpl. David N. Hersey/U.S. Marines via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
USACE commanding general receives briefing in air traffic control tower(18 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:USACE HQ)
USACE, Japan Ground Self Defense Force exchange command coins(19 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:USACE HQ)
USACE leaders aboard USMC CH-46 during visit to Japan(20 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:USACE HQ)
USACE Commanding General visits Japan Engineer District(21 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:USACE HQ)
Marines and Japanese citizens form a chain near evacuation center in Japan to move relief supplies.(22 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
Sgt. Ryan M. James, rear right, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 265(23 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia)
Operation Tomodachi [Image 2 of 4](24 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:DVIDSHUB)
Marines board aircraft enroute to Japan to assist in relief efforts.(25 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
Sailors and Marines disembark aircraft to support Japan relief efforts.(26 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
III MEF Marines to provide assistance in wake of earthquake, tsunami in Japan [Image 3 of 6](27 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:DVIDSHUB)
Supplies for relief effort in Japan following earthquake.(28 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
Marines prepare supplies for relief efforts in Japan following eathquake.(29 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
III MEF Marines Provide Assistance After Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami(30 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:DVIDSHUB)
Marine Corps helicopters prepare to deliver relief assistance.(31 of31)
Open Image Modal
(credit:Flickr:Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
【関連記事】