“The Plane Went Silent at 30,000 Feet — Until an 11-Year-Old Girl Took the Pilot’s Seat”

revealed that the electromagnetic interference had been caused by a rare combination of solar activity and atmospheric conditions compounded by a minor electrical fault in the aircraft. It was a 1-in-a-million event that left both pilots briefly unconscious while somehow leaving the aircraft’s autopilot functional.

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