Posted on Jan 19, 2022
Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute
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Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.
Some airlines said they were warned that the Boeing 777, a plane used by carriers worldwide, was particularly affected by the new high-speed wireless service. The aircraft is the workhorse for Dubai-based Emirates, a key carrier for East-West travel, and its flight schedule took one of the biggest hits.
It was not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their service.
Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.
Some airlines said they were warned that the Boeing 777, a plane used by carriers worldwide, was particularly affected by the new high-speed wireless service. The aircraft is the workhorse for Dubai-based Emirates, a key carrier for East-West travel, and its flight schedule took one of the biggest hits.
It was not clear how disruptive the cancellations would be. Several airlines said they would try to merely use different planes to maintain their service.
Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute
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WOW! And it took how long to determine that 5G mobile service is a detriment to some new aircraft?
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News is not saying anything, what systems is this causing an issue to? Instrument Landing System (ILS) would probably be too old, probably one of the newer precision systems. Having been out of military now 26 years I would think they would have a better system in place, but don't know why they would allow frequencies that would cause interference with A/C Systems for landing.
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PO2 Marco Monsalve
It appears that the main issue may be with radar altimeters. "Altitude information derived from radar altimeters has been deeply integrated into aircraft systems and automation, with the latest aircraft using it to change aircraft handling qualities and prepare systems such as ground spoilers and thrust reversers for deployment prior to touchdown. This is in addition to radio altimeter use for autoland and in Category (CAT) II/III and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) AR approaches." this was from an FAA report
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I think this is so political. So why is this 5g deployment any different than anywhere in the world?
there are countries like Korea, Japan , Europe. That have been running 5g for years how is it any different here?
there are countries like Korea, Japan , Europe. That have been running 5g for years how is it any different here?
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