How Solar Radiation Grounded Thousands of Airbus Planes Around the World
A burst of solar radiation recently threw parts of the aviation world into disarray, grounding and rerouting thousands of flights in a matter of hours. What looked like a routine space-weather alert quickly turned into a global scramble as several Airbus models began showing navigation glitches linked to the solar storm. The incident exposed an unexpected weak spot in modern aviation and raised fresh questions about how well our everyday technology is protected from the Sun’s extremes.
