An American Airlines Boeing 737800 equipped with radar altimeters, which could conflict with telecom 5G technology can be seen hovering 500 feet above ground as the aircraft makes final approach at LaGuardia Airport. New York City, New York.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. regulators issued an airworthiness directive to most Boeing (NYSE) 737 aircrafts in response to interference from 5G wireless broadband operations. According to a Wednesday government notice.
Federal Aviation Administration directive applies to Boeing’s 737s. It does not affect its 200 or 200-c series. The Federal Register notice stated that the Federal Register notice noted it was “prompted by the determination radio altimeters could no longer be relied on to fulfill their intended function if they are subjected to interference from wireless broadband operations within the frequency band 3.7-3.98GHz (5G C-Band).