Thursday, December 10, 2009

Zapped

Hmm...
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.
I can see where this is going. Soon airlines will start charging a fee to passengers to avoid being zapped with lethal levels of radiation.

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