Source: Karl Evers-Hillstrom, 1/17/22


U.S. airlines and cargo carriers on Monday warned that the new 5G wireless service set to deploy Wednesday could ground flights, potentially stranding thousands of Americans overseas and delaying the delivery of key goods. In a letter to Biden administration officials, executives of major carriers wrote that C-band 5G causes disruptions to airplanes' instruments that could make "huge swaths" of the U.S. fleet unusable. They noted that by Wednesday's deadline, most of the nation's large airports will be under 5G-related flight restrictions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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