Space storms could put airline passengers at radiation risk, scientists warn

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Scientists warn that extreme solar storms could expose airline passengers and crew to dangerous radiation levels. Such storms may also cause aircraft electronics failures similar to the incidents that grounded 6,000 Airbus jets last year.

Extreme solar storms could expose airline passengers and crew to dangerous radiation levels and trigger the kind of aircraft electronics failures that grounded 6,000 Airbus jets last year, researchers say.