As it looks to extend wired and wireless connectivity through the UK, comms provider BT has earmarked the city of Leeds as one of the first cities to trial new .
will launch towers everywhere else as planned with the exception of the limited number of towers around airports. the airlines say 5g signal could interfere with instruments on planes. president biden says that this agreement from the cell providers will avoid devastating disruptions to passenger travel, cargo operations and our economic infrastructure. more than 90% of the wireless towers will be implemented as scheduled. so it seems like the worst has been avoided but we ll see when the roll-out officially commenced tomorrow. charles: so as president biden prepares a press conference, what if i told you about he and his party are worried about one month?
smelled gas, it is under investigation. david? all right, will reeve tonight. thank you. now to the battle between the major airlines in the u.s. and key cell phone care yores over 5g service. that crisis averted, at least for now, in this high stakes showdown. the airlines warning of major disruptions to travel and cargo delivery when 5g wireless technology goes live tomorrow. well, late today, verizon and at&t now agreeing to delay 5g near some major airports. abc s gio benitez covers aviation. reporter: tonight, crisis averted. at&t and verizon agreeing to temporarily limit the number of towers around airports that will carry their high speed 5g signals. the unexpected move coming just a day after major u.s. airlines warned that there could be a, quote, catastrophic disruption to air travel, if 5g rolled out near major airports. here s the worry. that stronger 5g signal is very similar to the frequency of a plane s radio altimeter, a device pilots use to judge their
impacts on the aviation industry , traveling public, our workforce and broader economy. at&t and verizon while they agree upon the rollout insist their equipment will not interfere with aircraft great at&t writing we are frustrated by the faa inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done which is to safely deploy 5g technology without disrupting aviation services. the faa argues the 5g signal here in the u.s. is much more powerful than in other countries . 5g wireless is supposed to offe faster and more reliable wireless and internet to millions of americans, airlines for america estimate of the 5g rollout could result in up to 345,000 flight delays or cancellations costing billions and operation costs and lost wages. president biden raised the temporary delay. white house press secretary jen psaki said the administration i trying to avoid dire situation. they re are hundreds of
many years. the faa saying we didn t expect this, i ll own a little bit of this but after the bottom line after drama and hair pulling and blame game, i have to board passengers and know it s safe for them to fly and great distraction to that. it s not the first g. i want to ask you since we re speaking given another issue you re a 737 pilot. concerns are raised boeing placed profit over safety in the design and manufacture of the 737 max contributing potentially to two deadly crashes. you ve been a pilot for years including the 737. have those problems been fixed and would you fly and would you recommend that we fly 737 max jets? yeah, because the changes that were made, i mean, pilots were right out there saying this is wrong and many of us know the story about it. yeah, it was profits over people and we take that same philosophy with us on the 5g signal.