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
in the meantime, we re learning more about this horrific crash of a boeing 737 in china. that passenger jet was just six years old, it was well into the flight. suddenly plunging to the ground. and more than 430 miles an hour. 132 people onboard, no survivors found. now the urgent investigation, of course, to find the cause. the boeing 737 is the most popular commercial plane in the world. abc s gio benitez covers aviation for us. reporter: tonight, china eastern airlines grounding its entire fleet of boeing 737-800s after that plane crash in a mountainous region of china. drone video capturing the devastating debris field. chinese state media showing rescuers searching through the wreckage. 132 people were on board. none of them foreign nationals. and so far, no sign of survivors. the plane only about six years old. what we know is this, the airplane was at 29,000 feet. the crew apparently decided to
airport just to reschedule. tonight, the statement from southwest blaming, quote, weather and other external constraints what the faa says about that. abc s gio benitez covers aviation for us. reporter: tonight, problems with southwest airlines flights causing an extraordinary mess at airports across the country. what we re seeing here at dallas love field airport is basically a domino effect from the weekend. reporter: fabricia s teenage daughter is trying to get to miami. she has a mass on her brain. they did not handle it properly. they have no answers for you. they tell you that. nothing that we can do. reporter: since saturday alone, southwest airlines has canceled more than 2,200 flights, blaming the multiday mess on air traffic control issues and bad weather. today, adding, other external constraints. but the faa firing back, saying no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday and that the issues some airlines are seeing are due
other in the gulf. senior meteorologist rob marciano, a very busy night for you. hey, rob. reporter: indeed, david. we ll start with pennsylvania, which got hit hard today with 60-plus-mile-per-hour winds, power out and trees are down. the radar shows where the action is. we got watch boxes up now from west virginia to new jersey until 9:00. so still dangerous storms to come. in the west, you mentioned the heat. it s expanding from southern california to montana. extreme heat warnings are up. this is not normal this early and it s not letting up until the weekend. three disturbances in the tropics. a depression off north carolina. that will stay out to sea. but the one in the southwest gulf is worrisome. that s a favorite spot this time of year. we ll have to monitor that one closely. david? already ramping up. all right, rob, thank you. we re going to turn next tonight to that chaos in midair. authorities say an offduty flight attendant threatened to take down the plane. the pil
one off the east coast, the other in the gulf. senior meteorologist rob marciano, a very busy night for you. hey, rob. reporter: indeed, david. we ll start with pennsylvania, which got hit hard today with 60-pl 60-plus-mile-per-hour winds, power out and trees are down. the radar shows where the action is. watch boxes from west virginia to new jersey, so, dangerous storms to come. in the west, you mentioned the heat. it s expanding from southern california to montana. extreme heat warnings are up. this is not normal thisserly and it s not letting up until the weekend. three disturbances in the tropics. a depression off north carolina. that will stay out to sea. but the one in the gulf is worrisome. that s a favorite spot this time of year. we ll have to monitor that one closely. david? rob, thank you. we re going to turn next tonight to that chaos in midair. authorities say an offduty flight attendant threatened to take down the plane. the pilot then calling on the intercom for pa