Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of flight cancelations among some of the biggest airlines.
Airport Crowds
These airlines have cited a variety of factors as the cause behind the cancelations, including bad weather and staffing shortages (and often a combination of both). But now there’s a new reason that your flight could be canceled, and this one could be a big deal.
According to ClickOrlando, the top airlines in America are warning passengers about a “‘catastrophic’ impact on flights this week in the United States.” Leaders at these airlines are concerned about the new 5G network being installed for AT&T and Verizon on towers around the nation.
Airlines are concerned about the new network
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has only cleared about 45% of commercial airplanes to fly near 5G towers. The 5G rollout was already delayed once, but many commercial airline fleets are still not cleared to navigate near the receivers. An instructor at the Florida Institute of Technology has expressed concern about the effect the new network might have on the airplanes’ software.
More flights could be canceled
The concern is mainly with the planes’ altimeter, which is an essential instrument that lets the pilots know how far they are from the ground. It’s especially important during landing and when visibility is low. An expert has stated that “there’s no way to predict exactly what [the altimeter] will do” in proximity to the new 5G network “because we just don’t know.”
Southwest 50th Plane
Airline officials (including CEOs from American, Delta, and United Airlines) wrote a letter to the federal government expressing their concerns about the situation and requesting a longer delay of the 5G installations.
Airlines are concerned about the changes
In this letter, officials stated that the uncertainty could cause “as many as 1,100 flights [to] be canceled each day, consisting of about 100,000 passengers stranded every 24 hours.”
Orlando International Airport
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