A total of 734 passengers, who checked-in for the three flights scheduled early Wednesday, have been accommodated in hotels, the source said, adding that Air India expects clearance to operate its Boeing 777 flights in the US to fly stranded passengers. Will get
Later in the day, President Biden said that service providers have agreed to delay 5G deployments around major airports.
were among the cancellations on Thursday air india flights Delhi to Newark, Chicago and San Francisco. At the time of going to press, sources said that Air India was likely to operate Delhi-New York-Delhi and Delhi-Washington-Delhi flights. The decision on the Mumbai-Newark flight was pending. “There are no 5G C-band transmission stations in the vicinity of Washington airport and therefore flights to this destination will not be affected,” an airline source said.
problem is related 5G Services Using frequencies in the radio spectrum called C-band because these frequencies are close to those used by radio altimeters installed on board aircraft. Since a radio altimeter is the only sensor on an aircraft that gives accurate information about an aircraft’s altitude on the ground, any interference with its readings can be dangerous. As a result, in December, the US aviation regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), issued a directive banning all low-visibility landings after essentially deploying 5G. The 5G rollout was postponed through January 5 to allow the FAA time to work out a solution.
In a temporary relief to airlines, the FAA recently released a list of radio altimeter models (installed on Boeing aircraft) that were found to be “robust” enough against 5G C-band interference. These include Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft, which are also the aircraft that Air India operates for the US. Boeing aircraft equipped with these permitted altimeters may continue landing low visibility in 5G C-band deployment areas until January 31, the FAA said in a January 18 letter to Boeing. Altimeter manufacturers evaluated data from wireless companies to determine how strong each (radio altimeter) model is, it said. “This work has shown that while some altimeters are reliable and accurate in 5G areas, others need to be retrofitted or replaced,” it said.
The FAA has also released a long list of airports in which aircraft equipped with these special radio altimeters can operate in low visibility conditions. The list includes all US airports from which Air India operates, except New York-JFK. “But if Air India’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft are not equipped with that particular model of radio altimeter, the airline’s US flights will continue to be hit unless the altimeter is retrofitted or replaced or some other solution.” Doesn’t happen,” he said. a source.
The statement of Air India was awaited till the time of writing this news.
Meanwhile, the US government is working to find a solution that will allow 5G signals and aviation to coexist safely, the White House said in a statement on January 18.
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