Several international airlines, including Air India, have canceled flights to the US from Wednesday over the 5G issue.
Due to the uncertainty on interference between new 5G mobile phone service and critical airplane technologies. According to CNN, Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have announced service cuts. Air India said it would suspend its flights between Delhi Airport and San Francisco, Chicago and JFK, and Mumbai to Newark.
“Due to deployment of the 5G communications in USA, we will not be able to operate the following flights of January 19: AI101/102 DEL/JFK/DEL, AI173/174 DEL/SFO/DEL, AI127/126 DEL/ORD/DEL and AI191/144 BOM/EWR/BOM,” Air India said in a tweet.
Emirates has announced that it would suspend flights into nine US airports: Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, George Bush Intercontinental in Houston, Miami, Newark, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle.
How Dangerous is 5G?
5G, the latest generation of mobile communication, will employ higher frequencies and bandwidth, enabling users to transfer wireless data faster (with rates of up to 10Gbit per second) than older cellphone standards. It is anticipated that with higher frequencies, increased exposure to radiofrequency radiation.
X-ray machines used to take pictures of bones are considered high-frequency, while TV antennas, radio station or mobile phone base stations use lower frequency radio waves to transmit information.
Previous ‘G’ networks have used frequencies between 700 MHz and 6 GHz. The new 5G network will operate on frequencies between 28 and 100 GHz. It is expected that 5G will be around 1,000 times faster than 4G.
By 2024, Swedish telecom giant Ericsson predicts 5G coverage will extend to over 40 percent of the world’s population.
In addition to the mobile phone towers already dotted across rural and urban areas, the need to enhance frequency levels for 5G networks could soon see booster antennas positioned on street signs, street lights, and even post boxes (if they still exist then) in a bid to ensure a stable connection for users. Thus, with increased exposure to radiofrequency radiation, cancer will increase in living beings.