Emirates, Air India, ANA, and Japan Airlines have all introduced they’re canceling some flights to the US because of this week’s rollout of C-band 5G over issues it may probably intervene with some devices. This comes as cell carriers, federal companies, airways, and airplane producers battle to succeed in an settlement on insurance policies relating to how the rollout ought to be dealt with.

Emirates’ announcement is likely one of the clearest about what’s being canceled. The airline says that it’s “suspending flights to the following US destinations from 19 January 2022 until further notice,” itemizing Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Newark, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle.

The airline will proceed to fly to New York JFK, Los Angeles (LAX), and Washington, DC (IAD). The airline says it’s “working closely with aircraft manufacturers and the relevant authorities to alleviate operational concerns” and that it hopes to start out flying to the US once more as quickly because it’s ready.

Airline operators within the US additionally warned that the rollout may trigger “catastrophic disruption” to their flight schedules. According to the FAA, the priority is that the C-band 5G alerts may intervene with the radar altimeters utilized in some planes, creating a security concern. You can learn our full explainer on the entire state of affairs right here.

ANA cites particular steerage from Boeing, saying that “Boeing has announced flight restrictions on all airlines operating the Boeing 777 aircraft.” Japan Airlines additionally cites a notification from Boeing, saying that it was informed that “5G signals for U.S. mobile phones, which will begin operating in the U.S. on January 19, 2022, may interfere with the radio wave altimeter installed on the Boeing 777.”

Boeing didn’t reply instantly to The Verge’s request to substantiate that it had despatched out an advisory. Its competitor, Airbus, stated that it is going to be working “as part of a wider industry coalition” to “study the issue further and work toward solutions.” For data on plane limitations, it referred to the FAA’s statements on 5G page, the place an announcement from January sixteenth lists the airplane fashions which were permitted to land at some airports beneath low-visibility circumstances.

Earlier at present, each AT&T and Verizon introduced that they’d voluntarily delay 5G antenna upgrades close to sure airports. The chairwoman for the Federal Communications Commission issued an announcement saying it’s “essential that the FAA now complete” the method of assessing altimeter efficiency and the impact C-band 5G communication can have on it with “both care and speed.”