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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning airlines to be ready when wireless companies power up their 5G service next month Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned the nation’s airlines Friday that flights could be disrupted starting next week because some planes lack updated equipment to prevent interference from transmissions by wireless companies. Buttigieg said that only plane s retrofit ted with the right equipment will be allowed to land when visibility is poor, such as during bad weather. The warning — in a letter from Buttigieg to trade group Airlines for America — comes just before AT &T, Verizon and other wireless carriers will be free to boost the power of their C-Band, 5G signals on July 1. Airlines have told the government they are having trouble getting equipment to retrofit planes because of supply-chain problems. Still, the industry trade group said airlines are confident they will avoid disruptions. Some aviation experts believe that C-Band signals ...

Two airliners aborted their landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across the runways on which they were going to land SAN FRANCISCO -- Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. An air traffic controller told the Southwest pilots they should not have been on the runways during the May 19 incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the Southwest plane cleared the runways when the other planes passed directly overhead, and the decision to abort the landings was “precautionary.” “The FAA looked into the events and determined the appropriate steps were taken to ensure safe operations,” the agency said. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is not investigating the matter. The incident comes after a half-dozen close calls in recent...

Emergency crews in Montgomery County, Maryland, were working Sunday night to rescue two people from a small plane after it struck a high-tension power line tower. Emergency crews in Montgomery County, Maryland, were working Sunday night to rescue two people from a small private plane after it struck and got lodged in a high-tension power line tower. The plane struck the tower at about 5:30 Sunday evening, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Scott Goldstein said at a press conference Sunday night. Authorities were in contact with the plane's two occupants, who did not appear to be injured, authorities said. A small plane rests on live power lines after crashing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Montgomery Village, a northern suburb of Gaithersburg, Md. AP Photo/Tom Brenner However, rescue work was being delayed until the plane could be secured to the tower and the tower was confirmed to be grounded, Goldstein said. The plane, which was stuck about 100 feet off the ground,...