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Right, and I think the FAA requires airliners to be capable of landing in IFR ("low visibility") conditions, which makes sense—you don't want trans-oceanic flig
by mLuby 5y ago
Right, and I think the FAA requires airliners to be capable of landing in IFR ("low visibility") conditions, which makes sense—you don't want trans-oceanic flights to crash because the weather abruptly got worse at their destination and they can only land when it's clear skies.
So "this altimeter may be inaccurate near 5G" means "this airliner may not be airworthy near 5G" which means airlines must ground those planes. It sounds like there are enough of them that it'd seriously affect air travel.
Recommend https://youtu.be/I9QHvd2bOvU https://youtu.be/I9QHvd2bOvU which even managed to work some 5G-related jokes in there.
- tjohns 5y ago> So "this altimeter may be inaccurate near 5G" means "this airliner may not be airworthy near 5G" which means airlines must ground those planes. No, they don't need to ground the planes. There's different types of IFR approaches available to chose from, depending on equipment and how much visibility is reported. An inoperative radio altimeter means the aircraft couldn't land using the approaches for the lowest-visibility conditions, but doesn't mean they can't land under other less-severe IFR conditions. In practice, this means the aircraft wouldn't even be dispatched if the weather forecast showed the destination's weather was below the aircraft's capabilities. They would also have enough fuel to divert to an alternate airport with better weather.