POLICE have charged a 19 year old man with endangering the safety of an aircraft and shining a light to dazzle or distract a pilot.
He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 2nd November.
As is normal procedure all charges are reviewed by the PPS.
The charges are in relation to an incident whilst the police helicopter was covering the Northern Ireland football v Germany World Cup qualifier game on Thursday, October 5.