disturbance of the earth
@henkiprananda (2729)
Indonesia
January 7, 2011 9:20am CST
Earth's magnetic pole shift lately turned out to greatly affect air navigation. Recently, the international airport in Tampa, Florida was forced to adjust their runway track, thanks to a shift in the earth's north pole.
This adjustment is made for information that became the benchmark for the pilots while flying and landing the aircraft was not wrong and lead to accidents. North Pole itself is located on Ellesmere Island, Northern Canada, which is located 3500 miles from Tampa international airport. Changes in Earth's magnetic field induced by the Earth's core conditions cause the north pole shifted towards Russia.
This pole shift is most dramatic shift in this century. Pole has shifted to the northeast about 9 miles per year in 1904. However, since 2007 the earth's poles to shift more rapidly, ie in the direction of Siberia at least with the speed of 35 miles per year.
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@blackmac (12)
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8 Jan 11
The runway designator changes are the most obvious effect of the shifting pole to the public. In Essex, UK, in 2009 when the runway designation at Stansted was changed from 23/05 to 22/04 some local residents thought a second runway had been built.
However to an aircraft following an ILS, the designator is just a label. The magnetic movement has a more significant effect on the pilots of smaller, non-commercial planes using a compass bearing as opposed to a NAV aid (ie VOR) for navigation.
