“We are writing to you urgently” .. Fears of disruptions due to 5G, including the suspension of flights

The chiefs of major US airlines have demanded that they stay at least two miles from airport runways before the fifth generation networks are deployed for the Internet;

To avoid "catastrophic disruptions" in the transport and shipping sectors, which threatens an economic crisis.

Verizon and AT&T have postponed the launch of the fifth generation C-Band service due to warnings from airlines that fear the fifth generation communications system will interfere with aircraft altimeters, according to France 24.

Yesterday, Monday, the heads of major US airlines warned of “catastrophic disruptions” in the transportation and shipping sectors if the fifth generation (5-G) networks for the Internet were operated on Wednesday, as scheduled, without setting controls for transmitting stations located near US airports.

Verizon and AT&T have postponed the launch of the new 5G C-Band service twice due to warnings from airlines and aircraft manufacturers concerned that the new communications system would interfere with devices used by aircraft to measure altimeters.

"We are writing to you urgently to request that 5G networks operate everywhere in the country except within approximately two miles of airport runways, as established by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 19, 2022," the company chiefs said in a letter.

The letter addressed to Transportation Minister Pete Buttigieg warned;

And government officials, from an “economic disaster” if Verizon and AT&T go ahead with deploying the new technology before making the necessary updates and changes to flight equipment.

And she stressed, "Frankly, it will stop trade in the country completely." And airlines fear that the measures not covering all airports could cause major disruptions, including stopping thousands of flights;

What may stop the commercial movement in the country.

And the Federal Aviation Administration announced, last Sunday, that it had given its approval to operate some transmitting stations within areas where the fifth generation will be deployed, so that “up to 48 of the airports most affected by frequency interference (the fifth generation C-band) out of 88 have been secured.”

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