Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

Foreign airlines start canceling flights over 5G concerns

Foreign airlines are canceling flights to the U.S. starting Wednesday due to concerns that the launch of 5G could alter planes’ equipment.

Dubai-based Emirates airline suspended flights “until further notice” starting Wednesday from nine U.S. cities including Chicago, Miami, Newark, Dallas and San Francisco. Flights to New York (JFK), Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., will operate as planned.

“Emirates regrets any inconvenience caused. We are working closely with aircraft manufacturers and the relevant authorities to alleviate operational concerns, and we hope to resume our US services as soon as possible,” the airline stated.

Air India suspended flights from San Francisco, Chicago and Newark, as well as ​​New York City (JFK), notably unlike Emirates.

Japan Airlines announced the cancellation of some U.S. flights starting Wednesday. 

“Boeing has notified us that 5G signals for U.S. mobile phones, which will begin operating in the U.S. on January 19, 2022, may interfere with the radio wave altimeter installed on the Boeing 777,” Japan Airlines stated. “We have decided not to use this aircraft-type on the U.S. mainland routes until safety is confirmed, and we regret to cancel the flight that cannot be changed to Boeing 787.”

Japan-based All Nippon Airways also announced that some flights would be canceled due to the 5G rollout.

Verizon and AT&T blamed the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines for not resolving the issues around 5G before now.

As of Tuesday evening, 109 flights into, within or out of the United States have been canceled for Wednesday so far.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

U.S. travelers have already faced thousands of flight cancellations over the past several weeks due to the COVID-19 variant Omicron creating staffing shortages. 

Loading

Advertisement
Comments

You May Also Like

Congress

A newly introduced Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution has sparked controversy by allowing male Members of Congress to vote remotely if their wives...

Impeachment

House Republican leaders are hoping to press forward with plans for an impeachment inquiry against President Biden next month, sources told Fox News Digital...

Democrats

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones (D) ― one of the two Black lawmakers who were expelled by their colleagues in an extraordinary step earlier this year,...

republicans

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Tuesday suspended his bid for the presidency, dropping out of the 2024 race after failing to qualify for the first...

Sidney Powell

Sidney Powell, an attorney involved in Donald Trump’s post-election legal challenges, entered a not-guilty plea and said she would waive her arraignment in the...

Vivek Ramaswamy

US rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music during the 2024 campaign, according to a disclosed letter. The letter was sent...

Donald Trump

Forty-fifth President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump, who is the leading contestant in the 2024 presidential elections, has revealed why he...

Uncategorized

In the latest episode of Tucker’s Twitter show, Colonel Douglas Macgregor explains why the Ukraine war must end now. He also revealed that he...

Advertisement
Back