5G Airline Safety Explained: Is 5G a threat to Air Safety? And Why airlines are worried about 5G rollout
5G Airline Safety Explained: Various government and non-government airline companies, including Air India, Fly Emirates, Korean Air Lines Company and Japan Airlines, have cancelled many of their international flights to the United States due to concerns related to 5G Rollout.
Actually, the 5G network is being rolled out at about 40 major airports in the US by the world’s largest telecommunications company AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, which is believed that it can affect key safety systems of flights.
| Let us tell you, even before the launch of the 5G network, questions are being raised. Some time ago the 5G network was also blamed for the coronavirus pandemic. It was also claimed that the arrival of 5G networks would threaten the lives of birds, although all these claims by telecom companies and all governments have been rejected by the World Health Organization. |
5G Airline Safety Explained: Is 5G a threat to Air Safety?
Let us tell you that the US Federation Aviation Administration (FAA) has also raised questions on the US government’s 5G deployment plan.
Federation’s that due to G technology, the altimeter used in the aircraft may be affected. Let us tell you, Altimeter is an instrument that measures how high a flight is flying above the ground. Apart from this, United Airlines also said in a statement that this plan of the US government can seriously affect the airline.
Air India and several other airlines reported about their decision cancellations of flights to the US by tweeting.
Air India tweeted:-
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Why airlines are worried about 5G rollout?
The US government has allocated the C-band for telecom companies AT&T and Verizon, which works on a spectrum from 3.7 to 3.98 GHz. Which is very close to the spectrum range of the time meter used in aeroplanes. US telecom companies are using this frequency because the higher the frequency, the faster the 5G service will be. Due to this, the traffic on the band will increase and there may be trouble in operating the airplane.
(With Agency Inputs)
