{"id":921579,"date":"2026-10-05T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921579\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:14:11","slug":"how-space-weather-affects-aircraft-and-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921579\/","title":{"rendered":"How Space Weather Affects Aircraft And Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    How Space Weather Affects Aircraft And Operations | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/patrick-veillette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.<\/a><br \/>\n                    October 05, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/space_weather-1-nasa-promo.jpg\" alt=\"visualization of Earth's magnetosphere\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>The magnetosphere is a vast, comet-shaped bubble that shields the Earth from solar and cosmic radiation as well as from the solar wind.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: NASA<\/p>\n<p>  The aviation industry underestimated the effects of space weather until an incident on Oct. 30, 2025, when a JetBlue Airbus A320 flying from Cancun, Mexico, to Newark, New Jersey, experienced an uncommanded nose-down pitch, resulting in a sudden drop in altitude. A post-incident investigation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/veillettepatsized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/patrick-veillette\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft\u2014including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">How Space Weather Affects Aircraft And Operations is part of our complimentary Business &amp; Commercial Aviation subscription.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/products\/bca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe now<\/a> to read this content, plus receive full coverage of what&#8217;s next in business aviation from the experts trusted by the global business aviation community. 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