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Extreme Space Weather Disrupts Flights And Passenger Safety
A new study from the University of Surrey’s Space Centre has quantified the impact of extreme space weather on air travel, revealing that solar storms can increase radiation levels at flight altitudes and harm passengers and aircraft electronics. The research found that polar routes are most exposed to radiation and proposes a dedicated scale for space weather events to help airlines and passengers prepare. According to the study, a passenger flying through an extreme solar storm could absorb a full year’s worth of flight-related cosmic radiation in a single journey. This was reported by Universe Today.