5G causes aircraft problems, and airlines want to ban it in some areas

5G is causing certain problems to some airplanes when landing.FAA (the United States Civil Aviation Regulator) has notified some airlines and operators that adopt additional procedures when landing.Especially on wet or snowy tracks when there is 5g service in the vicinity.

According to the regulator, 5G can generate certain interference in some of the airplane plane systems such as Boeing 787, such as thrust investors, leaving only brakes to reduce the speed of the plane.

Although the warning is currently limited to the aforementioned 787, the truth is that FAA could issue warnings for other planes imminently.At the moment the regulator has asked Boeing and Airbus information about many of its models.

This request for information to manufacturers comes just one day after FAA began broadcasting restrictions that airlines and other operators will face in many airports. Restricciones relacionadas con el lanzamiento de una mejora en la red 5G por parte de AT&T y Verizon, que activarán el miércoles la famosa banda C.

5G could interfere with the plane of many airplanes

The reason?The agency is still studying if these wireless networks will interfere with the altimeters, which measure the height of a plane on the ground.Altimeter data are used to help pilots land when visibility is scarce.And it is that many plane devices of modern aircraft operate in a spectrum portion that is close to the range used by band C, which will now be used for 5G.

When talking about "band C", operators refer to the spectrum between 3.7 GHz and 4.2 GHz.This band is not new.Band C has been used for satellite television since the 1970s, but logically its massive deployment was not close to airports.Now, however, you want to use to improve the 5G network performance in the North American country.

To avoid problems, according to FAA, aircraft with not tested altimeters or that need reconditioning or replacement, they will not be able to make low visibility landings in those areas where this 5G is implemented.

The 5G deployment, limited until more data is collected

A situation, given the doubt that the 5G supposes plane interference, which is pushing many flight operators to request that the deployment be limited near the grounds of landings.

FAA said that, according to Boeing's information, it is possible that the 787 do not change correctly the flight mode to the landing mode if there is interference, which could delay the activation of the systems that help reduce the speed of the plane.

AT&T y Verizon acordaron dos veces posponer la activación de sus nuevas redes debido a las preocupaciones planteadas por los grupos de aviación y la FAA.In fact, FAA administrator Stephen Dickson has already warned that flights could cancel or deviate.At least to avoid possible safety risks in those saturated places with 5g.

However, both FAA and operators have reached a temporary agreement.There will be 50 airports in which 5G transmitters will turn off or make other changes to limit the possible interference.At least until the beginning of July, when there is more data on how 5g affects aircraft.