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Is there any danger of people flying in planes during this time? Will there be any radiation exposure?
by blindriver 2y ago
Is there any danger of people flying in planes during this time? Will there be any radiation exposure?
- chdnr 2y agoBoeing: "When you fly our planes, you agree that Coronal Mass Ejections may occur at any time and we are not liable for sudden door losses"
- fghorow 2y agoI assume you just clicked "Agree" like the rest of us?
- xtracto 2y agoWant to know this a well...
- andy99 2y agoIt's a magnetic field, no? Is there any particular radioactive component? I'd be more worried about the acute effect on the plane's electronics, the whole point is they disrupt electrical systems.
- hexaga 2y agoCharged particles moving fast are ionizing radiation too. I wouldn't expect a ton to get through atmo though.
- SushiHippie 2y agohttps://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation According to noaa there was an S2 Solar Radiations Storm and in the description for S2 it says: > Biological: Passengers and crew in high-flying aircraft at high latitudes may be exposed to elevated radiation risk. But the scale goes up to S5 and it the radiation will be higher for Austronauts, and for high flying aircrafts there is always a "may" attached.
- thfuran 2y agoI don't know the numbers on actual dose for something like this, but I'd expect that it's "elevated radiation risk" in much the same way that getting a CT is. If you get scanned 10,000 times, there's a pretty good chance you'll die from cancer, but mostly it's just a slight statistical increase in your odds.
- ed_mercer 2y agoI read some time ago that normal routes are fine but if possible people should avoid polar routes. Then again I think airlines nowadays track these exposures and adjust routes.