Narrative:

We were on approach to runway 21L in dtw at night. We were receiving vectors to final for a visual approach on an assigned heading of 330 degrees; descending through 5;700 MSL (at approximately 42.2867 lat -83.0925 long; center of the detroit river; approaching dearborn; mi) we were lased by a bright green laser which lit up the entire cockpit. I was the pm (pilot monitoring); and was heads down for a moment and noticed the bright flash and color. The PF (pilot flying) confirmed we were being lased and said he received glare from the laser for a moment. This lasted a few seconds and disappeared; and reappeared a few seconds later for another few seconds. I was able to see the direction of the beam was coming from our 12 o'clock position a mile or two ahead of us. It was ground based and stationary. We reported the event to approach control; and they in turn notified all aircraft on frequency. We queried each other about any eye injuries at the time; I was unharmed. The PF said he had momentary glare; but was not injured. We discussed transferring flight controls for landing; the PF said his vision was not degraded and would continue to landing. We continued the approach normally and landed uneventfully. We taxied to the gate; where we were met by gate agents; who advised us to remain at the gate until [local] police arrive. They arrived and questioned both the PF and myself. The police officer filled out a questionnaire regarding the event. I contacted flight dispatch and also told them the entire details of the event. The flight dispatch supervisor called me while waiting for the hotel shuttle; and spoke with me briefly; and then for a few minutes with the PF.both crew members saw the cockpit light up with a green laser; and bright flash. We avoided getting lased again by keeping our heads down on the instrument panel; until clear of the immediate area of the laser illumination. Unfortunately; events such as these; are beyond our control.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported being illuminated by a bright green laser on approach to DTW. The First Officer reported momentary glare; but continued to a successful landing.

Narrative: We were on approach to runway 21L in DTW at night. We were receiving vectors to final for a visual approach on an assigned heading of 330 degrees; descending through 5;700 MSL (at approximately 42.2867 Lat -83.0925 Long; center of the Detroit river; approaching Dearborn; MI) we were lased by a bright green laser which lit up the entire cockpit. I was the PM (Pilot Monitoring); and was heads down for a moment and noticed the bright flash and color. The PF (Pilot Flying) confirmed we were being lased and said he received glare from the laser for a moment. This lasted a few seconds and disappeared; and reappeared a few seconds later for another few seconds. I was able to see the direction of the beam was coming from our 12 o'clock position a mile or two ahead of us. It was ground based and stationary. We reported the event to approach control; and they in turn notified all aircraft on frequency. We queried each other about any eye injuries at the time; I was unharmed. The PF said he had momentary glare; but was not injured. We discussed transferring flight controls for landing; the PF said his vision was not degraded and would continue to landing. We continued the approach normally and landed uneventfully. We taxied to the gate; where we were met by gate agents; who advised us to remain at the gate until [local] Police arrive. They arrived and questioned both the PF and myself. The police officer filled out a questionnaire regarding the event. I contacted flight dispatch and also told them the entire details of the event. The flight dispatch supervisor called me while waiting for the hotel shuttle; and spoke with me briefly; and then for a few minutes with the PF.Both crew members saw the cockpit light up with a green laser; and bright flash. We avoided getting lased again by keeping our heads down on the instrument panel; until clear of the immediate area of the laser illumination. Unfortunately; events such as these; are beyond our control.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.