- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
Darned chinese!
AT&T and Verizon launched their 5G network across America, turning on 4,500 new towers
- The network has not yet launched near some US airports due to concerns over safety
- The telecoms giants agreed at the last minute on Tuesday to halt the rollout near those airports
- By the time they did, international airlines had already canceled dozens of flights that were scheduled
- Many of the airports have buffers to protect against the frequencies but Boston, Newark, Memphis, Atlanta are among major airports that are not on the list of those with buffers
- Now, they are rushing to bring those flights back onto schedules and find the staff necessary
- Emirates President Tim Clark says he only learned of the 5G risks on Monday
- He blames the FAA and the Biden administration for not doing more to stop the chaos
- Delta says some flights will be canceled and BAs says some airports still aren't safe - but won't say which
- Air India, Emirates, Japan Airlines and All Nippon all canceled flights scheduled for Wednesday
- Boeing - which has huge contracts with the airlines and with the government - suffered in the markets
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