Safety

5G may have caused dozens of troubling in-flight avionics failures

By 2022-11-02T15:13:00

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737

Source: Southwest Airlines

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspects new 5G cellular networks may have caused roughly 80 instances of aircraft system interference this year, with pilots reporting a range of malfunctions since the latest generation of mobile connectivity went live in January.

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