NTSB RECOMMENDS USE OF TOTAL LIGHTNING DETECTION TO FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warns pilots should “never regard any thunderstorm lightly, even when radar shows light intensity. Avoiding thunderstorms is the best policy.” Lightning is a strong indicator of convective weather and poses many threats to airport operations from damage to communications and electronic navigational equipment to incapacitating pilots with temporary blindness and causing unnecessary flight diversions and delays. In a recent safety memo to the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) analyzed several mid-air incidents that could have been prevented with the use of our patented long-range lightning detection solution, Earth Networks Total Lightning Network ® (ENTLN)

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