The executives stated that 5G could have 'an enormous negative impact on the aviation industry.'
Aviation executives expressed their fears Monday that the potential coming deployment of 5G wireless technology could harm the airline industry.
The technology was originally slated to go online in November, but the companies agreed to push the date into 2022 after concerns were cited, and now the airline executives are hoping to slide that date even further down the calendar. Executives from Airbus and Boeing sent a letter to the government urging the Department of Transportation to push back the rollout of 5G networks, citing concerns over aviation safety. Here, the logos of Airbus and Boeing can be seen.The letter from Boeing and Airbus cited a statistic from trade group Airlines for America, which stated that if 5G had been in effect in 2019, it would've resulted in the delay or cancellation of 345,000 passenger flights and 5,400 cargo flights.
"Because radio altimeter anomalies that are undetected by the aircraft automation or pilot, particularly close to the ground ... could lead to loss of continued safe flight and landing," one of the directives stated.
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