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High intensity EMI can also cause sparks in thesame way metal leads to sparks in a microwave. Ifa spark is close to the fuel tank, as FAA reportsshow, the fuel tank can ignite...
...recent article, Scarry notes that EMIhas caused military aircraft crashes in the past.Between 1982 and 1988, six Black Hawk helicopterscrashed as a result of EMI, killing 22. During a1986 mission near Libya, EMI also caused the crashof an F111 bomber and disabled five others...
...military planes can be downed by EMI, whycan't civilian planes be downed by EMI?" Scarryasks in the article. In trying to answer thatquestion, however, Scarry ran into a wall ofhighly classified military documents...
...military reports, a 1988 Air Force Studyand the other a $35 million three-year Pentagoninvestigation, have studied the effects of EMI onaircraft. Yet, findings remain classified, withaccess denied to both the public and NTSBinvestigators of TWA Flight...
...Boeing 747-100 like Flight 800 has over 150miles of electrical wiring, Scarry says, and manysystems can be disabled or act erratically in thepresence of EMI. According to Scarry, EMI cancause a pilot flying such a craft to lose controlof steering mechanisms as the aircraft controlsurfaces (rudders, ailerons and flaps) becomeunresponsive to cockpit "fly by wire" controls...