The heads of the two largest aircraft manufacturers in the world asked the United States government to delay the launch of new telephone services under 5G technology.
In a letter, senior executives of Boeing and Airbus warned that the technology could have “a huge negative impact on the aviation industry.”
Concerns had previously been raised that 5G wireless technology in the C-band spectrum could interfere with the electronics of the s aircraft s .
In turn, the US telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon must implement the 5G services on next January 5 .
“5G interference could negatively affect the ability of aircraft to operate safely,” said the heads of Boeing and Airbus America s, Dave Calhoun and Jeffrey Knittel, in a joint letter to United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
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The letter cited an investigation by trade group Airlines for America that found that if the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) 5G rules its acronym in English) would have been in force in 2019, around 345. 00 0 passenger flights and 5. 400 cargo flights would have faced delays, diversions or cancellations.
The industry Aviation and FAA have raised concerns about possible interference from 5G technology with sensitive aircraft equipment such as radio altitude gauges. .
“Airbus and Boeing have been working with other US aviation industry stakeholders to understand possible 5G interference with radio altimeters,” Airbus said in a statement.
“An aviation security proposal to mitigate potential risks has been submitted to the United States Department of Transportation for consideration,” he added.
The FAA issued airworthiness directives this month warning that interference from 5G could result in flight deviations , saying that it would provide more information before the launch date of January 5.
In In November, AT&T and Verizon delayed the commercial launch of C-band wireless service for a month until January 5 and took precautionary measures to limit interference.
Aviation industry groups had said that the measures no i They were far enough away, and Boeing and Airbus noted that they made a counterproposal that would limit transmissions cell phones around airports and other critical areas .
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Last week, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the FAA’s 5G directives would ban the use of radio altitude gauges in about 40 largest airports in the United States.
The US wireless industry group CTIA said that 5G technology is safe and accused the aviation industry of generating fear and distorting the facts.
“A delay will cause real damage. Delaying deployment by one year would subtract US $ 50.
0 million in economic growth, just as our nation recovers and rebuilds from the pandemic, ”CTIA Executive Director Meredith Attwell wrote last month Baker, on a blog.
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