Unsettling METAR Mystery Highlights the Dangers of Politicizing Aviation

A strange message began appearing in US METAR observations on 2 November, leaving pilots, dispatchers, and officials asking the same question: how could something like this happen? It began with a routine observation from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the world’s busiest airport. Among the usual strings of coded weather data appeared something that had […]

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