Amid 5G Scare, US Travel Plans Stuck For Thousands
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Several international airlines, including Air India, have announced that they will cancel flights to the US.
Travel plans for thousands of passengers, including those travelling to India, were disrupted after airlines cancelled or cut short the duration of many flights to and from the United States over aviation industry fears that 5G technology could interfere with crucial navigation instruments.
Several international airlines, including Air India, have announced that they will cancel flights to the US from Wednesday.
The US aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 14 said that "5G interference with the aircraft's radio altimeter could prevent engine and braking systems from transitioning to landing mode, which could prevent an aircraft from stopping on the runway".
Altimeter measures the height of the aircraft above the ground. The band on which altimeter works is close to that on which the 5G system works. American telecom companies paid the US government USD 81 billion in 2021 for the right to use those frequencies, known as the C-Band.
