Solar storm to hit Earth on November 30, will disrupt mobile communication - eviltoast
  • CheezyWeezle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why and how would the electronics in an airplane be melted? Airplanes are naturally a Faraday cage, and all the components are going to be EMF shielded anyways.

    The only thing an airplane would need to worry about with a solar storm is the increase in radiation exposure, and even then it’s only relevant for the Flight crew who have limits on how much radiation they can be exposed to per OSHA.