19-01-2022, 06:54 PM
Kari Paul and Carly Olson and agencies
Tue 18 Jan 2022 20.41 GMT
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The airline industry has warned that the new network, which would allow consumers much faster internet access, could interfere with sensitive airplane instruments such as altimeters and significantly hamper low-visibility operations. Airlines asked on Sunday “that 5G be implemented everywhere in the country except within the approximate 2 miles (3.2km) of airport runways” at some key airports.
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To execute the upgrade, cellular networks plan to move operations on to a new band of radio frequencies called the C-Band.
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But some aircraft regulators worry that planes’ radio altimeters, which measure how far above ground a plane is to help pilots land their crafts in low-visibility situations and also operate on C-Band frequencies, could be disturbed by 5G.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and telecom carriers all agree that 5G and airline travel can exist together. In fact, they already do in nearly 40 countries.
The telecom companies have pointed out that there have not been any accidents in other countries where 5G is operational and American airlines regularly fly to those countries.
The FAA, too, has said that “5G and aviation have safely coexisted in other countries”. That’s because in those regions, “power levels have been reduced around airports and the industries have worked together prior to deployment”
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The airline industry and the FAA say that they have tried to raise alarm about potential interference from 5G C-Band but the FCC has ignored them.
The telecoms, the FCC and their supporters argue that the aviation industry has known about C-Band technology for several years but did nothing to prepare – airlines chose not to upgrade altimeters that might be subject to interference, and the FAA failed to begin surveying equipment on planes until the last few weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/202...e-airlines
Tue 18 Jan 2022 20.41 GMT
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The airline industry has warned that the new network, which would allow consumers much faster internet access, could interfere with sensitive airplane instruments such as altimeters and significantly hamper low-visibility operations. Airlines asked on Sunday “that 5G be implemented everywhere in the country except within the approximate 2 miles (3.2km) of airport runways” at some key airports.
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To execute the upgrade, cellular networks plan to move operations on to a new band of radio frequencies called the C-Band.
......
But some aircraft regulators worry that planes’ radio altimeters, which measure how far above ground a plane is to help pilots land their crafts in low-visibility situations and also operate on C-Band frequencies, could be disturbed by 5G.
......
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and telecom carriers all agree that 5G and airline travel can exist together. In fact, they already do in nearly 40 countries.
The telecom companies have pointed out that there have not been any accidents in other countries where 5G is operational and American airlines regularly fly to those countries.
The FAA, too, has said that “5G and aviation have safely coexisted in other countries”. That’s because in those regions, “power levels have been reduced around airports and the industries have worked together prior to deployment”
......
The airline industry and the FAA say that they have tried to raise alarm about potential interference from 5G C-Band but the FCC has ignored them.
The telecoms, the FCC and their supporters argue that the aviation industry has known about C-Band technology for several years but did nothing to prepare – airlines chose not to upgrade altimeters that might be subject to interference, and the FAA failed to begin surveying equipment on planes until the last few weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/202...e-airlines
