5G goes live in US and sparks international chaos: Emirates, Air India, All Nippon cancels flights | Daily Mail Online
The president of Emirates has slammed the 5G fiasco as the ‘most delinquent, irresponsible’ mess he has seen in his 50-year aviation career and has blamed the Biden administration and Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who failed to see it coming or prevent it.
AT&T and Verizon launched their 5G network across America on Wednesday morning, switching on 4,500 towers to bring faster wireless to their customers. They had to hold back on ten percent of the towers – 500 – that are near airports because the frequencies the towers emit could interfere with the signal on some planes.
The 5G frequencies that AT&T and Verizon are emitting from the towers is stronger than what is used in other countries, where 5G rollout has been a success. It has triggered travel chaos, with airlines canceling some flights due to safety fears then rushing to resume them once AT&T and Verizon agreed at the last minute to hold off on the airport towers.