Tony Phillips and team reported in 2018 on their continuing research into radiation aviation. The article below presents their latest results on cosmic radiation exposure during airline routes of various flights over the world, followed by recent blog posts, including their post introducing their E-RAD Aviation Model and the worsening cosmic ray situation.
The Daily Hot Flights Table monitors approximately 1,400 flights criss-crossing the 10 busiest routes in the continental USA on a daily basis, and their Interactive Flight Data Table, where you can obtain the estimated radiation doses for individual flights.
Rads on a Plane: New Results
Sept. 18, 2018: Many people think that only astronauts need to worry about cosmic radiation. Not so. Ordinary air travelers are exposed to cosmic rays, too. Every day, radiation from deep space enters Earth’s atmosphere and penetrates the walls of aircraft. A recent study from the Harvard School of Medicine found that flight attendants have a higher risk of cancer than members of the general population, and the International Commission on Radiological Protection has classified pilots as occupational radiation workers.
How much radiation do you absorb? Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus have been working to answer this question by taking cosmic ray detectors onboard commercial airplanes. Flying since 2015, we have collected more than 22,000 GPS-tagged radiation measurements over 27 countries, 5 continents, and 2 oceans.
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