JUST IN: Major airlines warn of 'catastrophic disruption' to travel and shipping from 5G debut set for Wednesday by Verizon and AT&T
The chief executives of America's largest airlines warned of a"catastrophic disruption" to travel and shipping operations if telecommunication companies roll out their 5G technology as planned Wednesday without limiting the technology near U.S. airports.
The executives, writing to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and other U.S. government officials, highlighted the risk of"economic calamity" should Verizon and AT&T proceed with deploying the new technology before the necessary upgrades and changes have been made to aviation equipment. But the airlines are worried that remaining limitations at those airports, as well as a large amount of equipment still uncertified,"In addition to the chaos caused domestically," the letter continues, the lack of certified planes"could potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas."
In addition to the transport secretary, their letter was addressed to the head of the FAA, the head of the Federal Communications Commission and the White House's National Economic Council.The executives called on authorities to"take whatever action necessary to ensure that 5G is deployed except when towers are too close to airport runways until the FAA can determine how that can be safely accomplished without catastrophic disruption.
The FAA released a brief statement Monday apparently seeking to allay concerns about the 5G rollout's impact on aviation, but it stopped short of declaring any concrete next steps in the process.
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