There's a small chance that passengers aboard an airplane flying through a storm may be exposed to high levels of radiation, new research suggests. Credit: StockxpertFrom Live Science:
Airline passengers flying through storms might have more to worry about than a little turbulence. A new study suggests that if jets pass near lightning discharges or related phenomena known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, passengers and crew members could be exposed to harmful levels of radiation, a dose equal to that of 400 chest X-rays.
Read more ....
No comments:
Post a Comment