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.

Researchers at the Surrey Space Centre (SCC) found that extreme space weather events can significantly increase radiation exposure at typical flight altitudes of 8–14 km (5–9…

Extreme Weltraumwetterereignisse können Fehler in Bordinstrumenten verursachen, die die Flugsicherheit beeinträchtigen. Forscher haben Maßnahmen erarbeitet.